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Waterloo Manufacturing Company Limited, 1929

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Creator

Denton Photo, Kitchener, Ontario, Photographer

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Panoramic photograph with a view of King Street and the exterior of Waterloo Manufacturing Company at 65-67 King Street south, with employees posing in front. Includes a view of a stretch of King Street showing street lamps, a street car, rail crossing and several automobiles. Other businesses visible are L.F. Dietrich Autos and Garage (79 King South) and Snyder Brothers Upholstering Company (97 King South) to the left and Hop Wo Chinese Laundry (66 King South) and M.C. Sturm, tobacconist and billiards (60 King South) to the right.

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The original foundry and machine shop was built in 1850 by Buehler, Booth and Company. Within ten years it was taken over by Jacob Bricker, his sons and E.W.B. Snider and called Bricker and Company. In 1888 the company amalgamated with Merner and Company of Waterloo and Elmira Agricultural Works and was renamed the Waterloo Manufacturing Company Limited, manufacturing threshing machines. Company still in existence in 2008.
This building was demolished in 1959.

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