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The Horne Smelter with its Two Smoking Chimneys

Black-and-white panoramic photograph of the Horne smelter. On the foreground, you can see several railroad tracks and about ten railcars labelled Canadian Pacific.

Date: between 1927 and 1944

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Joseph Hermann Bolduc funds, mine series. 08Y,P124,S32,D370-39-1.

As soon as Noranda Mines undertook construction of its smelter, mine and city, the company needed to bring heavy equipment into the township. The construction of a railroad began shortly thereafter.