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Don Valley conservation report : [1950]

  • CA CoV Archives M993.34
  • Item
  • Copied 1993

Item consists of a report prepared by Conservation Branch of Department of Planning and Development, with assistance of Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto and Suburban Planning Board and the Office of the Engineer of North York Township. Comments on geology, physiograpy, and climate of the Don Watershed; also comments on flora and fauna, water, land use and land use capability, and recreation in the area. Includes considerable historical data relating to the Don Watershed: Indigenous History, fur-trading and town planning, 1760-1792, the first settlements, roads and travel, mills, transportation, villages, industry, the watershed since 1867, etc.; most of information gleaned from material housed at the Department of Public Archives and Records, and the Dominion Bureau of Archives, Ottawa. Report includes as appendices a small number of maps delineating land use and existing woodland and restoration land. Only 200 copies of report issued.

Price list of repairs of agricultural implements and machines manufactured by Patterson & Brother at the Patterson Agricultural Works, Patterson, Ont

  • CA CoV Archives M008.1
  • Item
  • ca. 1885

Item consists of a catalogue. Catalogue describes in detail the various products produced by the firm, along with price list for the parts of the implements and machinery produced; detailed diagrams of the replacement parts certain products are included. The catalogue includes directions for the assembly and operation of the Patterson Harvester and Binder Twine, along with illustrated parts. Also, the prices of all parts for the following products are included: New Canadian Reaper, Patterson Mower, Patterson Light Reaper, Combination Mower, Patent Combined Empire Drill, Sprague Mower, Cayuga Junior Mower, Johnston Self-Rake Reaper, Ithica Horse Rake, Patterson Climax Horse Rake, Straw Cutter, Wrought Beam Plow, Spring Tooth Harrow.

The Woodbridge and Vaughan News : souvenir edition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Woodbridge : [newspaper]

  • CA CoV Archives M992.9
  • Item
  • 1982

Item consists of an edition of The Woodbridge and Vaughan News. This edition includes numerous articles re: the history of Woodbridge; specifically, articles comment upon the architectural history of Woodbridge, demographic development, the Woodbridge Library and Post Office, Hurricane Hazel, prominent community members such as Rowland Burr, Dr. Garnet McClean, and John Abell, etc. Includes numerous halftones depicting various subject matter, including rare images of the Abell Agricultural Works.

Thornhill estate in the County of York : [site plan]. -- Scale [1:3 168]. 6 mm to 1 chain

  • CA CoV Archives M991.14
  • Item
  • 1850

Item consists of a site plan of the property of Benjamin Thorne and William Parsons, his brother-in-law, who operated grist mill, tannery, general store in area that came to be known as Thornhill and developed extensive trade with surrounding areas and Britain; property lost in 1848 as consequence of repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws in 1846; survey of property, including part of lot 30, concession 1 as well as lot 31, concession 1and lot 32, concession 1, ordered by trustees.

Watercolour of Woodbridge Agricultural and Machine Works

  • CA CoV Archives M992.32
  • Item
  • 1879

Item consists of a watercolour. Image depicts Woodbridge Agricultural and Machine Works, western elevation; includes images of workmen standing in fornt of the factory, thus providing a sense of scale; evidence suggests that the plant opened in 1849, and for the next 36 years played a significant role in the growth and prosperity of the village; by 1874, the factory employed 200 men. In 1880 and 1881 Abell's Triumph Tractor Steam Engine was awarded the Gold Medal in tests at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition, and it received awards of distinction at the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, England. Abell relocated his plant to Toronto in 1885 as a direct consequence of the Toronto, Grey, and Bruce Railway's refusal to construct a switch line from the main line to his factory.

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