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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
Dundas, ON
1   westward through the Dundas Marsh to the village of Dundas. This village had grown up along the banks of
2   was in Hamilton, loading flour brought from Dundas. On 1 May, Wm. Chisholm notified the public that
3   at Niagara; Wm. Bergin at York; John Ross at Dundas, and at "Burlington Bay" - John L. Williams,
4   and feathering of a reformer, George Rolph, in Dundas, but this was never proved. After this piece of
5   16 August 1837, was a gala day in Dundas. At long last the Desjardins Canal was officially
6   Ewart, a wealthy and enterprising citizen of Dundas decided to emulate Fisher. He procured the
7   ST. THOMAS, on her way from Montreal to Dundas with pig iron for James Belle Ewart, and others.
8   on the subject of Dundas, it might be interesting to note that navigation
9   building of Ewart & Gartshore's establishment in Dundas, containing the foundry and the mill-stone
10   visitor to Dundas gives us some information concerning the Dundas
11   undated item from the Dundas Warder, reprinted in the St. Catharines Journal
12   3 bbls. ashes, shipped by Knox & Fairgrieve of Dundas. The same day, the FREE TRADER cleared port with
13   and Morgan Johnson and Hiram S. Pettit of Dundas. In Hamilton, M. W. & E. Browne were agents for
14   Capt. Marshall. They had warehouses at Hamilton, Dundas and Port Stanley and they stated that their
15   653 bars of R. R. Iron (rails) for the agent at Dundas; schooner PRINCESS, Capt. M. Robinson, from Bronte
16   that one was to be used on heavy filling near Dundas, the other for hauling rails from the wharf to the
17   as being in operation between Hamilton and Dundas. These were the FAVOURITE, Capt. Gillock, for whom
18   passed to the ownership of James Coleman of Dundas in 1856 and in 1857, Thomas Patton, banker of
19   1857, when she was purchased by James Coleman of Dundas.
20   EUROPA had been transferred to James Coleman of Dundas and the MONTMORENCY, built in 1852, was to be
21   for Cash". She was lying in the canal basin at Dundas, fully
22   in 1859 for A. McTaggart, forwarder of Dundas. She measured 90.0 x 14.2 x 6.29 quite a small
23   of general cargo for consignees in Hamilton, Dundas, Galt and London. The steamer WELLINGTON cleared
24   and is intended to ply between this city, Dundas and Wellington Square. She was sponsored jointly
25   was named. Of Scottish birth, he resided in Dundas for many years where he engaged in the grocery
26   and the steamer was built for Cameron & Innes of Dundas. The bottle of champagne was successfully
27   for machinery and boilers and John Gartshore of Dundas is furnishing castings. Mr. G. L. Reid, Engineer
28   pall of gloom spread over the town of Dundas after the drowning of four young people in the
29   said: "The schooner LOCHIEL, Capt. Scott from Dundas, C.W., for Oswego with 9,000 bus. of wheat, foundered
30   accounts of the industries of the town of Dundas and among other things, he mentioned that John
31   through the harbour on her way from Whitby to Dundas. The first departure of the season was the
32   Masonic Fraternity of Dundas were out for a good time on St. John the Baptist
33   that she was lying in the canal basin at Dundas, having some work done on her boiler. This
34   into the warehouses from mills in Paris, Galt, Dundas, Brantford and other southwestern towns. The stave
35   of 10,955 tons were entered at the Port of Dundas.
36   the steamer HER MAJESTY took her departure from Dundas. The Dundas News stated: "The engines and boilers,
37   propeller HER MAJESTY in the Canal Basin at Dundas in 1868 when the Dundas Foundry ws fitting new
38   years, associated with the neighboring town of Dundas. This new plant was operated by T. Cowie & Co. and
39   Dr. O'Reilly, W. Muir and Colin Hamilton; from Dundas, Dr. Walker and Messrs. Gwynne and Begue. After
40   Her engine was built by Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas.
41   is from the works of Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas, the engine being a low-pressure 34 x 34 (which
42   34 x 34" was built by Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas. This was a very speedy affair. The party from
43   34 x 34 engine built by Thos. Wilson & Co., of Dundas. Capt. James W. Leslie, late of the BRISTOL, was
44   would have an engine by Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas. The vessel was the CITY OF ST.
45   and boiler were built by Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas." Completion of the vessel was expected, in 3 or 4
46   34 x 34, was built by Thos. Wilson & Co. of Dundas and was the 9th engine of this type manufactured
47   which, together with the boilers, were built in Dundas by Thos. Wilson & Co. Her hull was built at
48   He came to Canada in 1833 and resided in Dundas, where he was engaged in the forwarding business.
49   from Hamilton by the steamer GENEVA and from Dundas by the
50   GENEVA brought a large excursion party from Dundas to the
51   the canal after midnight, on their return to Dundas, the ALFIE's funnel broke off with a crash, which
52   company was formed in Dundas to purchase a steamer for service from that Town
53   was noted in the press. He was born in 1816 in Dundas and had located on the Beach in 1834. His hotel

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