Polson Iron Works
The Polson Iron Works was an Ontario based firm which built large steam engines, and ships, barges and dredges.[1] The firm was incorporated in 1886. Its original shipyards were in Toronto. In 1888 favourable land grants prompted a move to Owen Sound, which was then an important port for Canadian Pacific's steamships. The firm returned to Toronto in 1897 when Owen Sound's town council did not renew the firm's exemption from property taxes.
Some of the vessels constructed by the Polson Iron Works remain in service today. They include the Trillium and the Kwasind.[2]
The engines and hull of the Bonnington, a steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes from 1911 to 1931, were built at the Polson Iron Works, and shipped by rail to British Columbia.[3]
References
- ↑ Michael B. Moir. Polson, Franklin Bates, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved on 2012-03-22. “The steady advancement of the business led to its incorporation on 23 Oct. 1886 as the Polson Iron Works Company of Toronto Limited, with William as president and Franklin as secretary-treasurer.”
- ↑ Nautical History, Save Ontario Shipwrecks, 2003. Retrieved on 2011-12-21. “The Iron Works only two existing ships in Toronto are the Trillium (built in 1913, which still ferry's passengers to Centre Island) and the RCYC passenger ferry Kwasind (1913).”
- ↑ Robert D. Turner (1998). Sternwheelers and Steam Tugs -- An Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Lake and River Service. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 9781550390896. Retrieved on 2012-03-22.