Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

paper; metal; leather; corduroy

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

32,3 cm

Largeur

22,5 cm

Hauteur

6,5 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Archives

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Dawson

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Ville

Montréal

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

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.

Fonction

Used to record orders and financial transactions with customers.

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

"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."

Manque

None.

Fini

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.

Décoration

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