George Scott's Chicken Hatchery, 1962
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Instant camera photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative showing George Scott's chicken hatchery. This photograph was taken after the north building collapsed. View looking south towards Dundas Street.
- Notes
- In August 1956, George Scott constructed an egg production factory and chicken coup on the north side of Dundas Street between Scott Street and the Scott Pond. It consisted of two, five-storey buildings covered with aluminum. It was considered the largest egg production plant in Ontario.
On 2 September 1962, the north building collapsed. Not long after the accident was the rest of the building demolished. - Date of Original
- September 1962
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 28-000-081
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8878894064621 Longitude: -78.9064931565475
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- Donor
- Marjorie Soltys
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- George Scott's Chicken Hatchery, 1962, unknown photograph, Whitby Archives, 28-000-081.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
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