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HranWinteori'Sc Hisorial o - Whitby WHIITBY FOUNDRY (Part One) Returning this week to our series on Whitby industries, we look at the town's largest industry in the 19th century. This industry was the Whitby Foundry, which manufac- tured agricultural implements for the farming community, and gained a wide reputation in the Province of Ontario. The Whitby Foundry was located on Brock Street North, where the Henry Buildall shop is now. The foundry buildings became the-dome of the Samuel Trees Co. blanket factory, from 1908 to 1958. The foundry was incorporated as the Whitby Foundry and Manufacturing Company in 1854, and was later known as Brown, Post & Co. and Brown and Patterson Co. The principal founder of the company and general manager I Brookli- Byl'mes ËU-vI) j NEWS The regular monthly meeting of Group '74, held on the first Monday of every inonth, will be a special one this month. There will be a slide presentation and informal talk by Mrs. Maureen Culp, manager of Donald Travel in 'Whitby, on Greece. This special feature is open to the public beginning at 9 p.m. on March 5. Please do attend for a real treat. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. The Third Annual "Spring Fling of Fashion", being presented by the Brooklin and District Kinette Club, will take place on April 18 and 19. Clothing from Fashions 126 in Whitby will be modelled by the Kinettes and other local ladies. Footware from Kameka Shoes in Whitby will also be shown. Refreshments, door erizes and draws will be offered. The show will be held at the Oddfellows Hall in Brooklin at 8 p.m. Tickets which are $2, are available by calling 655-4818 or 655-4739. Lenten Services will be held at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in Brooklin on the following Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m.: February 28 - Ash Wednesday March 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 April 4 The topic for the above services is "The History of the People of God". All are welcome. Keep reading your books. The March 17 draw for the Mad Hatter March Movie Contest will give some lucky children tickets to the Brock Theatre. (Cinema Whitby). The Brooklin and District Kinette Club is hosting a "Teen Dance - a - thon" on April 7. Any teens (13 to 17 years) may enter by collecting a $10 sponsorship (limited to the first 50 couples). A $50 cash prize will sponsored. Other prizes including draws, door prizes and spot dance prizes, can be won throughout the dance. Refreshments and supper will be supplied. The proceeds from the dance will go towards Cystic Fibrosis. Forms may be acquired at Meadowerest Public Local officers are elected Ii, I (l ilF Margaret Hart was re- elected chairman of Whitby Community Care at the group's first annual meeting Feb. 21. Vice-Chairman is Jim Speers and Secretary- 'Treasurer is Mandy Crawford. Other members of the 1979 Board of Directors are: Evelyn Miller, Susan Muir, Eleanor Rycroft, Robert Wragg, Walter Ockendon, Stan Mason, Maye Taylor, Mrs. Angus MacLean, Mrs. Reg Kehoe and Doris Douglas. Audrey Glanfield, repre- sents the Durham Region Social Services; Hannah MacMillan, the Whitby Red Cross; Wayne DeVeau, Whitby Recreation Depart- ment; Joe Bugelli, the town council; Bob Collins, the Oshawa-Whitby Social Planning Council; Marilyn Robertson, Home Care representative; and Rev. Grant Schwartz, the Whitby Ministerial Association. iwas Nicholas W. Brown, a native-born Whit on the town council and was mayor in 18 The initial development of the Whi completed in January 1855, with a cap $12,000. • A 12-horse-power engine made in Roch iron lathes in the machine shop and a 1 furnace could smelt six tons of iron when During its first year the Whitby Foun stoves, and by 1855, Mr. Brown announced into the plough and agricultural implemer time it was expected the firm would emp By 1868, the foundry employed 50 men an achieve a status in the field of agriculture New machinery was added to the plan announced that he intended to manufactu reapers and mowers of the Ohio pattern an called the "Cayuga Junior." Mr. Brown was also in the process of] mould-board ploughs, 100of which were ré March, 1868, and 500 common ploughs. In 1868, the foundry did a diversified bu reapers, sawing machines, stump extract straw cutters, and general job work such mill work and mill castings. It appears that the company manufacti according to patterns published in trade boo in the United States. Repair work as well as manufacturingm About five tons of metal were melted dov WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 179, PAGE 7 tby man who served moulded into tne various goods manufactured by the Whitby 65-66. Foundry. tby Foundry was In August 1868, disaster struck, when the foundry was ital investment of destroyed by fire. It was a great loss to the town and to the owners, but by November, new buildings had been con- ester drove all the structed, and the foundry was in business again. blast furnace. The The main building of the new foundry was 120 by 30 feet, i needed. divided into an office, show or store room, and machine shop. idry manufactured The machine shop contained a planer, six lathes, a slotting 1 that he was going machine four drills and a bolt cutter. nt business. At the A v9ng to the south, 28 by 30 feet, contained a 25 horse-power loy 75 to 100 men. engine manufactured by the Joseph Hall Works of Oshawa. d was beginning to This represented an increase of 15 horse-power over the old al implements. engine. t, and Mr. Brown Other machinery included an apparatus for grinding and re from 250 to 300 polishing the castings and other metal work and a fan 22 inches d about 50 mowers in diameter and five feet wide, which revolved at a rate of 3,800 times a minute. manufacturing 300 The blast created by the fan and the blast furnace was ady for delivery in sufficient to operate 12 blacksmith's forges and the machine for melting metal for casting. usiness, producing In the rear of the machine shop was a rnoulding shop 45 by 70 ors, fanning mills, feet. A fire-proof boiler house and tank shed were also built. as steam engines, On the second storey of the main building was a wood shop, containing a wide variety of wood working machinery such as ;ured its products lathes, planing machines, circular and jig saws, and boring >ks and magazines and morticing machines. was carried out. wn per week to be School, the Bank of Commerce and through Jane Baron. The Dance - a - Thon will run from 12 noon until 12 midnight, at the Brooklin Community Centre. Registration is being taken for those interested in attending Needlework Classes at the Ashburn Community Centre. Learn to do needlepoint, bargello, crewel embroidery, quickpoint and quilting. The classes will be offered commencing March 1 through April 19 between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. The fee for the classes is $16 for eight weeks and there will be a small charge for supplies. You may register by calling Deborah Alarie at 655-4291. Girls between 16 and 19 (who reside in Ashburn, Brooklin, Myrtle or Whitby) may enter the Miss Brooklin Spring Fair Pageant by calling Susan Smith at 655-3932. Keep in mind the Boy Scout Paper Drive is coming on March 10. More information next week. DATES TO REMEMBER February 28 - Brooklin Horticultural Society Meeting - Brooklin United Church. April 7 - Fashion Show - Ashburn Community Centre (call Susan Rigby - 655-8081 or Barbara Porter - 655-4652 for tickets) Cont7d on r. 8 Hockey benefit for cancer The fifth annual benefit hockey game between the Durham Regional Police and the General Motors Salaried Employees will be held March 10 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium to kick off the Canadian Cancer Society campaign in South Durham Region. Everyone is invited to attend this game and support the Canadian Cancer Societv. - --m m une W,11 pinoccblo coAst building centm 1