Aerial Photograph - Canadian Iron and Foundry Co. (Canron Limited) in St. Thomas, Ontario
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives161289
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1981
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B7 F10 8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh3 B6 F10
- Accession Number
- 2016-30
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh3 B7 F10 8
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- History / Biographical
- The Canadian Iron and Foundry Co. purchased the St. Thomas Car Wheel Co. in 1903 and built a new factory to produce railway car wheels. Later known as Canron, it became the main supplier of car wheels, brake shoes and other products to the St. Thomas rail industry, and contributed to its great success from the 19th century up to the period following the Second World War. By 1973 Canron, was the only manufacturer of railway brake shoes in Canada. Canron closed in the 1980s and the factory was demolished.
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of St. Thomas, Ontario, featuring the Canadian Iron and Foundry Co. (Canron) site in St. Thomas, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Railways
- Canron Limited
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Aerial Photographs
Images
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