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Dally Journal - R e cord Centennial Edition, Friday, Sept. 1, 19*7 Old Oakville's Industries Made Ships, Engines, Beer 1for vessels. The establishment Co. were purchased b y Thomp thrived, and even in slow sum son Smith, who converted them m er periods employed 55 men. into a tannery. Smith put Joseph But by 1880, the firm had changed hands several times and M ilboume in charge, and in 1856, a part of the building had been the plant opened under the name converted into a steam flouring of Joseph M ilboum e and Co. mill for custom business. Com Using m achinery operated by petition from larger centres for steam, the tannery in 1861 used ced the foundry out of business shortly after, and the flour mill 3,000 hides to produce 6,000 closed down in 1890. The build sides o f shoe leather. A decade ing was tom down at the turn later it was em ploying 18 men, FOUNDER' S SHIPYARD and by the late seventies ranked Probably the earliest of these of the century. among the largest tanneries in industries was the shipyard of South-western Ontairo. Oakville's founder, Col. William WHISKEY AND BEER Chisholm, which he established An even earlier industry was about the same time he found the Oakville Brewing and Dis CARRIAGE WORKS ed the town. It was situated on tilling Company, cannily opera Carriages and wagons occu the south bank of the river be ted by two Scots named Wat pied the attention o f local arlow what is now the north end son and Hopkirk. It operated in artisons for many years. Jere o f Navy St. and sent the first a fram e structure built on Walk miah H ogaman' s Oakville Car ship to be built in Trafalgar ,a er St., overlooking the harbor. riage Works, back in 1856, cap 50-ton schooner, down its ways When production com m enced in tured three awards at Toronto' s in August, 1828. 1836, whisky sold for two shil Agricultural Expostion, and by A few years later, the Chis lings and sixpence the gallon on 1870 was employing a dozen holm yard was taken over by the retail market, and beer for workers. One o f H agaman's em Jacob Randall, for whom R a n 13 shillings a barrel or a penny ployees, William Whitaker, left dall St. is named, and his bro a quart. What sailor could re to join Halton Carriage Works, ther-in-law, John Jeffery. And sist such prices? Hopkirk and later becam e a partner, and still in the mid-forties, the yard was Watson speedily becam e the branched into the garage busin sold to John and Melancthon town's most prosperous indus ess under the firm nam e of Simpson, whose craft w ere ra try. William Whitaker and Sons. ted among the finest of that The Excelsior Carriage Works But Hopkirk left to take a period. During 1853, the Simp government post in 1839, and in business for a brief period, sons com pleted five vessels with the distillery was leased to John produced in part of the building a total tonnage o f 630. L. Biggar, a local merchant, in which the Joum al-R ecord is who operated a steam grist mill now published. In 1870, the build FLOUR MILL in conjunction with his thirst- ing was purchased b y Robert III 1856, the ever-active Chis quenching activities. B. Tait and becam e the home holm brothers com pleted a flour A second brewery was locat of the Oakville Steam Cabinet mill at the head of navigation ed on the creek bank at Dun- Co. A few years later, William on the Sixteen, just below the das and Division Sts. (now Tra H. Carson took over the plant and present site of King Paving Co. falgar Rd. and MacDonald R d). operated a planing mill for It boasted five runs of stones, James Brown, who was brew- nearly 40 years. Wit haddtions, a capacity o f 6,000 barrels of master for several years, sold the plant eventually becam e a flour a year, and was valued to Henry Hogben in 1863, and producer o f aluminumware be at $30,000. Schooners m ade their later the establishment becam e fore being purchased by the w ay up the creek to the mill known as Mr. Townsend' s Brew Joum al-Record and converted to load flour for shipment to ery. Along about 1870, Francis to a newpaper production. other lake ports. Filling in the Brown took over and renamed channel eventually made it ne it the Victoria Brwery. All tra MADE BASKETS cessary to ferry cargo, 200 bar ces of this undertaking have long Along about 1870, John A. Chis rels at a time, on a large white since disappeared. olm was cultivating strawberries oak scow -- but one day the In 1854, the buildings of the on a Division St. farm , and scow sank near C olbom e St. Oakville Brewing and Distilling found it necessary to make his bridge, where it is still believed to be mired below the surface. Although Oakville did not be com e an industrial town of any solid significance until the ad vent of Ford o f Canada in 1953, it has had industries of various types ever since rugged pioneer days. Many were modest under takings, o f course, and som e las ted only a brief period -- but others becam e institutions of standing within the community. STEAM ENGINES John Doty, a machinist from Lewiston, N.Y. and Abiather Ash ley Hibberd built a foundry on the creek's west bank in 1851, concentrating their activities on the production of various types o f steam engine. Although fire com pletely des t r o y e d the foundry in 1854, it was rebuilt im mediately -- but Doty and Hibberd dissolved their partnersliip the following year when Do ty was joined by R. K. Chis holm and the lirm name be cam e John Doty and Company According to their advertise ~ment in an early town weekly, they were prepared to make steam engines, circulr sawmills boilers, mill gearings, machincry for luril g«*r«**nd >*^chin. c ry for lumbering, and fittings own ba& et* in a shed he con structed for the purpose. He utilized a m achine operated by horse pow er to peel the bark off logs, and a m achine for paring the wood was developed by his son, G .P. Chisholm. By 1870 four men and eight boys were em ployed in making baskets to supply farm ers for m any miles around - and so was b om the Oakville Basket Co., later Oak ville Wood Specialties. Oakville B a s k e t Company, right, survives today as Oak ville Wood Specialties. iJlftlG SER V MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE BESTING MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE WHEN B U Y I N G P R O P E R T Y You are given through MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, a vastly greater selec tion of properties for sale. You are saved the extra time and work it would take to go around to each R eator's office to see his individual listings. You secure individual attention and service from the agent and salesman of your ohoice. He is able to serve you efficiently with a choice of hundreds at MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE listed properties. 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