Jules R. Timmins, 1889-1971

The scale of the project, even by today’s standards, was impressive. In original estimates, close to $300 million was needed to bring the iron ore deposits to economic production; large- scale port facilities were required at Sept-Iles, on the St. Lawrence, and a railway 350 miles in length had to be built to link the mine with the port, through difficult terrain.

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