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Welland Energex Tube Lead
Trillium's resident RS-18u is seen pulling two loads from Energex Tube’s steel mill in Welland back in 2014. This photo was taken four or five days before JMC Steel, the parent company of Energex, announced that they would be indefinitely idling production at the mill.
This was a sad fate for the mill that was founded in 1909 as the Page-Hersey Iron Tube and Lead Company. The mill had expanded and modernized over the years and was active in the war effort during both WWI and WWII . Stelco came knocking and bought the company in 1965 and 20 years later renamed the now Stelco facility to Stelpipe Ltd.
Lakeside Steel acquired Stelpipe in 2005 and they celebrated the tube mill’s 100th anniversary on September 16, 2009. At that time a ceremonial gold spike was driven to signify the planned reestablishment of rail service to the mill. This seems to have been an optimistic time at the company and I can recall the rail spur being relaid to connect with the rail entrance at the intersection of Dain Ave and Ontario Rd.
Unfortunately, the promising times didn’t persist and JMC Steel purchased the assets of Lakeside in April of 2012, subsequently changing the name to Energex Tube. On May 15, 2013 Energex began to demolish nearly half of the buildings on site, many of which were structures from the original mill and over 100 years old. The following Spring brings us to the time of this photo.
In the end JMC ran the mill for only three years before ultimately ceasing operations at Energex. The mill never restarted after the indefinite idling as JMC, citing unfairly traded steel imports, deemed it to be unprofitable.
Welland Energex Tube Lead
Trillium's resident RS-18u is seen pulling two loads from Energex Tube’s steel mill in Welland back in 2014. This photo was taken four or five days before JMC Steel, the parent company of Energex, announced that they would be indefinitely idling production at the mill.
This was a sad fate for the mill that was founded in 1909 as the Page-Hersey Iron Tube and Lead Company. The mill had expanded and modernized over the years and was active in the war effort during both WWI and WWII . Stelco came knocking and bought the company in 1965 and 20 years later renamed the now Stelco facility to Stelpipe Ltd.
Lakeside Steel acquired Stelpipe in 2005 and they celebrated the tube mill’s 100th anniversary on September 16, 2009. At that time a ceremonial gold spike was driven to signify the planned reestablishment of rail service to the mill. This seems to have been an optimistic time at the company and I can recall the rail spur being relaid to connect with the rail entrance at the intersection of Dain Ave and Ontario Rd.
Unfortunately, the promising times didn’t persist and JMC Steel purchased the assets of Lakeside in April of 2012, subsequently changing the name to Energex Tube. On May 15, 2013 Energex began to demolish nearly half of the buildings on site, many of which were structures from the original mill and over 100 years old. The following Spring brings us to the time of this photo.
In the end JMC ran the mill for only three years before ultimately ceasing operations at Energex. The mill never restarted after the indefinite idling as JMC, citing unfairly traded steel imports, deemed it to be unprofitable.