When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland When World War II Came to Bell Island, Newfoundland Bell Island Heritage Society Inc. & Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland & Labrador Inc.
Twenty-four-cent postage stamp issued by the Dominion of Newfoundland in 1941. The stamp shows a merchant ship loading iron ore at a loading pier on Bell Island. The […]
This photos shows the anti-torpedo netting installed in 1943 to protect ships loading iron ore at the Dominion and Scotia piers on Bell Island from submarine attack. This […]
SS Rose Castle loading iron ore from the Bell Island iron mines at the Scotia pier in 1942. Ore was carried in ore cars on rails from the […]
This drawing shows how the shafts of the Bell Island iron mines extended more than five kilometres out under the Atlantic Ocean. Water pumps had to operate 24 […]
An electric shovel loading iron ore into an ore car in a Bell Island iron mine in 1949. Ore production increased as heavy equipment was introduced into the […]
A driller and chucker operate a drill in a Bell Island iron mine. Mining was hard and dangerous work. Dozens of miners were killed at Bell Island over […]
A graph showing tons of iron ore shipped per year to various countries from the mines of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO) on Bell Island, Newfoundland. […]