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James Henry Plummer

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of Montreal. This led to the organization in 1921 of the British Empire Steel Company (BESCO), which was succeeded in 1930 by the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation.
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This concerns mining and steelmaking properties were nationalized by the federal and provincial governments in 1968.
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in 1868 as a clerk, rising to become manager of several branches by 1878 and assistant general manager by 1903.
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James H. Plummer lived in retirement in Toronto until his death there at the age of 84 on 10 September 1932.
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In 1919 Plummer negotiated the sale of DOMCO and DISCO to a syndicate of British investors led by
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In 1903 Plummer acquired control of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (DISCO) from
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with his parents (William Plummer and Elizabeth Williams) in 1859 and was educated at
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Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; Canadian Mining Institute (1932).
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in 1903 and developed it as a major industry before and during the
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The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs
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He was the namesake of the canal-sized package freighter
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Mary Tavy
Toronto
St. James Cemetery
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
First World War
Mary Tavy
British North America
Upper Canada College
Toronto
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Armstrong Whitworth & Company
Newcastle-on-Tyne
McKenzie and Mann
James Ross
Montreal
Henry Melville Whitney
Boston, Massachusetts
Roy M. Wolvin
St. James Cemetery
The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs
ISBN
978-0-8108-8680-3
The Canadian Experience of the Great War: A Guide to Memoirs
ISBN
978-0-8108-8680-3
The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin
Categories
1848 births

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