General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper; metal; leather; corduroy

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

32.3 cm

Width

22.5 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dawson

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This ledger used at Victoria Foundry 1933-1938.

Canada

Victoria Foundry established in Ottawa c. 1850 by N.S. Blasdell. In 1873-4, the business was expanded, and new buildings and equipment added. The 1900 fire which razed large areas of Ottawa destroyed the Foundry's property, but it was quickly re-built and re-equipped at a site on LeBreton Flats, where it operated until 1965. c. 1967 it merged with the foundry business of Thomas Lawson & Sons (est. in Ottawa c. 1885) and McMullen Perkins, a machine shop operation (active in Ottawa since 1912). The new company, Lawson-McMullen-Victoria Ltd. moved it's operations to Ottawa east. LMV is thought to have been active until c. 1972-73. (Ref. 1) In 1965 the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the land in LeBreton Flats on which the Victoria Foundry (and it's soon-to-be partner T. Lawson & Sons) operated. Demolition of the foundry buildings began March 1, 1966 and were completed May 5th. Mr. Don MacKenzie collected archival material, patterns, and other items from the site during demolition, and made them available to CSTM. Although not documented, this item is almost certainly part of that collection.

Function

Used to record orders and financial transactions with customers.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"LEDGER" printed in gold on outside of front cover. Mfr's label on inside of front cover features illustration of owl, and text "CHARLES F. DAWSON/ LIMITED/ STATIONERS - PRINTERS- BINDERS-/ MONTREAL/ WHEN YOU WISH TO HAVE THIS/ BOOK DUPLICATED ASK US TO REPEAT/ No 87904", and "SIGN OF THE GOLDEN OWL". Ledger arranged alphabetically: page tabs labelled A" through "XYZ". "D.W. MacKenzie/ Bytown, C.W./ 1921-1955- 1967" [donor] stamped at irregular intervals on ledger pages. Handwritten entry on last page reads "2 ND of 3/ Ledgers/ Salvaged-/ Old/ O.E.R./ BLDG/ Middle ST./ Victoria IS./ Ottawa, ONT./ 1965/ DCM/ GIFT TO H.S.8cT. [?]/ Ottawa- Feb. 1969."

Missing

None.

Finish

Off-white paper pages ruled with green, blue & red lines. Book cover has metal spine; front, spine & back have leather covering; front & back panels also have drab green corduroy fabric insert; green & blue marbled paper on inside. End papers are green on one side; orange-red on reverse.

Decoration

N/A