An Aerial View of Merritton
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A photograph of an aerial view of Merritton (a community in St. Catharines) Ontario, with the Cotton Mill (Independent Rubber Company) showing on the left and the Riordon Mill on the right.
Photograph from the Lesson Collection. c1905 - Notes
- File Number: 05/pt1/3-1.1
The Beaver Cotton Mill was opened in 1857 near lock 15 of the second Welland Canal. After a fire in 1881 it was rebuilt. In 1912 it became the Independent Rubber Co. until 1919. The buildings were partially destroyed by fire in 1961. One building was repaired and is presently the Keg restaurant. (2016) - Date of Original
- c1905
- Dimensions
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Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 11.45 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24.5cm
Image Height: 10.6cm
- Subject(s)
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1358709692821 Longitude: -79.2132843476105
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- St. Catharines Public LibraryEmail:info@myscpl.ca
Website:
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