Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 14, 1975, B1

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Ml aim invria MM Ill j ill INCHING SKYWARD is one of two huge containers of cooling system part for the First Canadian Place The cooling system made in Acton by Ajax Engineering was hoisted in pieces 72 floors to the top where it will be bled One Yeir No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 14 TOWERING ABOVE THE city of Toronto is the First Canadian Place all 72 floors of it The container nearing the top of the building holds GOY CARTAGE of Acton provided trans porta for the huge containers shipped to the First Canadian Place The containers carried parts and ele of the cooling systems made in Acton by Engineering cooling system parts produced by Ajax Engm of Acton SI I rid 72 in Hit In ivy com for tooling ide in were Iul1i Hop Mrs in Toronto Inst week AM Hit purls for two huge it the corner of this impressive new mother ant in Tir hfty lovers built lure at rt trucked to Tor onto by y Then trews over Hit job of install ilun cells in each of the two cooling low trs tell mnsurmg feet by feci by IB Iiil1i by with head of lor About men work year round in the plant here is foreman This wjsn he first lime tooling towtrs went up high in Toronto supplied the D centre Court Scarborough Civic and Squart One They ship all over and lo South Afrit i Nasi win an order went The has rcpresenlitivts all over the V S and in Hawaii as well as Canadi In containers week job was the second time the components hive been hoisted in contain The first day planned lift Monday was cancelled be of rain However everything wtnt according to plan Tuesday and sun was shining for the benefit of photo grapher Steven Dills More lifting followed and nol ill parts in place there yet Mr this Hi ginning Ajix started here in when Tor onto Wilbur Lou Wick ind up firm When tin y re tired wis sold to M Bill Coon was their superin it the shop in and buisncss and sales office w is in The late Mr Coon retired 10 years igo liked dent of the who was named Citizen of he in In years also made radio towers Now cool towers ire the specialty It operates on the same principle is a ridiator and cools the w for the air conditioning units in the huge buildings in he prides itself on en ind manufacturing lis own components as well is isstmbling The fans fan cylinders and eliminators a maximum volume of air movement through tower it a lower horsepower for performance and lowtr cost materials ire used produces 10 or 15 cooling this Most art smaller Production busy round Mr Pa rector says A CRANE WORKER watches as the first of two containers leaves the truck for its temporary resting place stories above Toronto atop the First Canadian cooling system parts are unloaded FROM THE TOP DOWN The crane atop the First Canadian Place readies to hoist the second of two containers from a Cartage truck parked at the base of the tower The truck is situated in the middle of the picture AJAX ENGINEERING plant was established in town on Queen St in Radio towers were manufactured at first as well as cooling towers but now the plant specializes in the cooling towers The plant owned by company with offices in Toronto

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