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Second Welland Canal - Book 3, Survey Map 2 - Canal to Chippewa Creek with Port Robinson
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The 1851 Port Robinson Directory lists Robert Wallace and J and J Pew as Blacksmiths, but I don't think the shop in question belonged to either one of them. A shop belonging to the Pew's is located on Bridge Street. I think the blacksmith shop was part of the J and J Abbey Shipbuilders company that was very prosperous and built many ships that sailed the Great Lakes. The Blacksmith shop in question is very close to Abbey's Office and the McFarland and Abbey Drydock.
I wonder if the following article was about the building shown on the map as the Blacksmith shop:
St. Catharines Journal, June 20, 1861. St. Catharines, Monday, June 17 -- Fire at Port Robinson: Abbey's Ship-yard Destroyed. We understand that the workshops in Messrs. J.P. and J. Abbey's Ship Yard, Port Robinson, were set fire to last night, and completely destroyed. The loss is not stated, nor if there was any insurance. It is supposed to have been the work of incendiaries, and three men, members of the Ship Carpenters and Caulker's Union, have been arrested, charged with the crime. Mr. Currie, of this place, has gone up to watch the proceedings.
St. Catharines, Tuesday, June 18 - The Fire at Port Robinson. - The following particulars we learn by telegraph from Port Robinson this morning. About two o'clock on Sunday morning June 16 a fire was discovered in an old building, used by Messrs. Abbey's as a joiner shop, in which was stored at the time some lumber, two buggies, and nine chests of tools belonging to the joiners which were all consumed. Three men, viz Gus Lennon, Mike Cature, and John Dorrington, belonging to the "Union men" of this place, have been arrested, on suspicion of having fired the building. The "Union men" were discharged from Abbey's employ two weeks ago. It is the general opinion here that those men have done it in revenge. The trial commenced yesterday, and was adjourned until tomorrow. Nothing has, as yet, been made out against them to condemn them.
I'd sure like to find a similar article about the Sawmill! Thank you again for having these maps available.
i am looking for some information on h w timms hotel when it was built any pictures i own it and am looking for any back history thank you
The large building on Lot 1 was a combination stable and harness-making facility. The buildings on lot 1 were removed as part of the construction of a large brick home in the late 1850s.