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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
Robertson Shipyard
1   shows the launch of the schooner Hercules atRobertson's Shipyard in 1863. The derrick at the right was onZealand's
2   brought to Hamilton where she was hauled out at Robertson's yard and on the 16 August, the rebuilt ORION was
3   500 people gathered around Robertson's Shipyard on the afternoon of 15 May and were rewarded with
4   lower left, a vessel is under construction in A. M. Robertson's Shipyard. Photo: the late Edward L. Zealand A launching
5   of the burned CITY OF CHATHAM had been towed to Robertson's Shipyard for
6   Hamilton, were forced to lay up at Kingston. At Robertson's Shipyard, the propeller COLUMBIA was just about ready for
7   ever witnessed in Hamilton took place at Robertson's Shipyard. The COLUMBIA was christened yesterday and the
8   in the early afternoon to see a launching at Robertson's Shipyard. At 3:25 p.m., Miss Eugenie Owen MacKay christened
9   21 June, the ST. MAGNUS slid down the ways at Robertson's Shipyard. The launching, originally scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
10   E. H. RUTHERFORD at Browne's and at Robertson's Shipyard, the ST. MAGNUS, DENNIS BOWEN and the schooner
11   coal at Myles Wharf and was then moved over to Robertson's Shipyard to be caulked for the grain
12   raised on the 23 November and had been taken to A. M. Robertson's shipyard, he having purchased it. The machinery was removed
13   ST. MAGNUS was undergoing an extensive refit at Robertson's Shipyard. A new steel boiler was being placed in her and
14  Robertson's Shipyard was the scene of a launching on the 27 April when
15   new masts and spars put in the ELLA MURTON. At Robertson's Shipyard, the propellers ACADIA and ST. MAGNUS had been
16   built by Melancthon Simpson of Toronto, at Robertson's Shipyard. The cost was to be $40,000 and the vessel would
17   the waterfront. This was especially true around Robertson's Shipyard, where the new steamer was taking shape on the
18   Simpson had been building all winter at Robertson's Shipyard. An estimated 1,500 people gathered to witness the
19   the waterfront. This was especially true around Robertson's Shipyard, where the new steamer was taking shape on the
20   the foot of Simcoe St, and the ST. MAGNUS was at Robertson's shipyard. The CANADA, which arrived. the night before, was
21   together with William Hendrie, visited Robertson's Shipyard to inspect the steamer ARABIAN, being built for
22   the frames for the new steamer were set up in Robertson's Shipyard and by the 19 December, the remainder of the
23   be fitted in the new hull under construction at Robertson's Shipyard by the Hamilton Bridge & Tool Co. The hull of the
24   MAZEPPA slid down the ways at Robertson's Shipyard. on the 16 April, before the admiring gaze of
25   H. Larkin launched the yacht MAPLE LEAF from the Robertson Shipyard. The yacht went down the ways very nicely, but

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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.