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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
Ontario
1   opportunists, lured by the offer of free land in Upper Canada.
2   1792 was appointed to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. George Hamilton's farm was situated below the
3   conveyance of passengers between Montreal and Upper Canada.
4   of £25 each, one half of which is reserved for Upper Canada.
5   was nearing the boil. Granted, the conditions in Upper Canada never reached the degree of violence that was
6   by stage coach. Young John Moyle remained in Upper Canada one year and then returned to his homeland, and
7   this time, there were two political parties in Upper Canada. The Tories, who were in power, and who
8   by the name of John Gartshore, who had come to Upper Canada in 1835 and built a mill in Fergus. Two years
9   most of whom were said to be exiles from Upper Canada. They drove the crew and passengers ashore,
10   Browne, born in 1816 at Limerick, had come to Upper Canada as a lad in 1828 and lived at Kingston where he
11   Chronicle after making a journey through Canada West stated that "Hamilton is fast rivaling Toronto in
12   their passengers from the United States and Canada West at the wharves of
13   of loam castings, an entirely new process in Canada West. The moulding shops in these works are very
14   mainly by reason of the excellent grain crop of Canada West which was now awaiting the opening of the St.
15   commodious and extensive wharf premises in Canada West. His buildings are models of their kind, and are
16   easy prey for the Fenian rabble-rousers and in Canada West, the Volunteers were busy recruiting and training.
Ontario
1   in 1816 the era of steam navigation came to Lake ONTARIO, with the completion of the steamboat ONTARIO at
2   steamboats NIAGARA, CATARACT, LADY OF THE LAKE, ONTARIO, ST. LAWRENCE, TELEGRAPH, CLINTON and the
3   the time the LORD SYDENHAM came down these rapids some 7 or 8 years ago, the
4   the BAY STATE. She is about the size of the ONTARIO and will be fitted up in the same gorgeous style
5   waterfront. The arrivals were the steamer ONTARIO, Capt. C. L. Armstrong, from Montreal with general
6   OF HAMILTON returned to Toronto and the steamer ONTARIO, Capt. Armstrong, left for
7   & Holton, with the steamers ENGLAND, HIBERNIA, ONTARIO and, FREE TRADER and by J. Jones & Co., who had
8   Beatty, ENGLAND, Hannah, HIBERNIA, Mowat, ONTARIO, Stalker, ST. LAWRENCE, Savage, FREE TRADER,
9   storm of considerable violence raged across Lake ONTARIO on 30 & 31 October and vented most of its fury in
10   acquired were the U.S. steamers BAY STATE and ONTARIO.
11   C. Carmichael, BANSHEE, Capt. M. W. Bailey, ONTARIO, Capt. Estes, BAY STATE, Capt. Morley, UNION,
12   make a new one. The name of the vessel will be ONTARIO and she will be propelled by a screw. Her engine
13   here on the 9th and is now lying alongside the ONTARIO's wharf."
14   Wharf on the Beach and that their steamer ONTARIO would be the only vessel going to that point.
15   the 16 August, Beckett's steamer ONTARIO ran a moonlight excursion to Oakville, calling at
16   consisted of the steamers ACADIA, BRUNO, OSPREY, ONTARIO and ARGYLE. The sailing vessels were: HERCULES,
17   might be noted that the ONTARIO and the QUEBEC, under construction at Simpson &
18   of the stranding of the Beatty Line steamer ONTARIO, 8 miles below that port. The accident happened in
19   the winter. The Government dredges NIPISSING and ONTARIO were both laid up at McIlwraith's
20   dredge ONTARIO was working on the Rush Bed off Myles' Wharf

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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.