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Table of Contents

Title Page
Preface
Introduction
1 A place called Hamilton.
2 Public Works and Private Enterprise
3 Port Hamilton
4 1837-1839
5 Ericsson Wheels
6 1844-1847
7 Good Times in Port
8 Boom Town Days
9 Depression Years
10 Better Times Ahead
11 1867-1870
12 Prosperity for the Shipbuilders
13 The Second Railway Building Era
14 1884-1888
15 The Electric Era
16 The Iron Age
Table of Illustrations
Index
Browne, Michael Willson
1   Hamilton, a young Irishman by the name of Michael Willson Browne acquired two water lots from Jas. Hughson.
2   next spring." The gentleman from Hamilton was Michael Willson Browne.
3   barges for Mr. A. K. Boomer, who, together with Mr. Browne, presented Louis Shickluna with a 125 lb. bell for
4   7 November, the schooner ELLEN, owned by M. W. Browne of Hamilton, came ashore at West Lake, Prince
5   January 1849, M. W. Browne advertised for sale "the wharf and premises
6   and 41 bbls. whiskey and 57 bbls. butter from Browne.
7   T. Gilkison, J. Cummings, Aeneas S. Kennedy, M. W. Browne and W.
8   H. Langdon at the City Hotel, Hamilton. C. W.. M. W. Browne advertised the steamer BRITANNIA, Capt. McArthur,
9   were the FAVOURITE, Capt. Gillock, for whom M. W. Browne was agent and the VICTORIA, starting on the 15th,
10   to the freight lines, M. W. Browne would be operating the BRITANNIA, LORD ELGIN and
11   at Hamilton opened. on Wednesday, 6 April, when Browne's propeller ST. LAWRENCE arrived, followed later in
12   Pridham & Co., Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton, M. W. Browne and Land & Routh of Hamilton. The vessels,
13   enterprise were R. Benner, Thomas N. Best and M. W. Browne.
14   (Best & Green, auctioneers) and Michael Willson Browne, wharfinger, all of Hamilton. Although Browne
15   the Great Western Rail Road to the City Docks. M. W. Browne, as spokesman for the group became embroiled with
16   the 7 August, M. W. Browne announced that he had sold his interest in the
17   the 15 September, M. W. Browne notified shippers that the new propeller BANSHEE,
18   opened on the 5 April when M. W. Browne's BRITANNIA cleared for Oswego and the CITY OF
19   run. In 1853 she passed to the ownership of M. W. Browne of Hamilton for the sum of £4,000 and was
20   11, 115 tons. He sold her almost immediately to M. W. Browne, who retained her until 1857, when she was
21   on the 4 May, as follows: "On the motion of Michael W. Browne, seconded by Daniel C. Gunn, the Mayor was called
22   Thomas Paton, plaintiff, and Richard Benner, Michael Willson Browne, Thomas Noakes Best, James Coleman, Capt. John
23  Michael Willson Browne, one of the pioneers of the shipping industry in
24   and entered partnership with his brother Michael Willson Browne. When M. W. became interested in other fields of
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This volume is copyright The Estate of Ivan S. Brookes and is published with permission of the Estate. The originals are deposited in the Special Collections of the Hamilton Public Library.