Orillia Tannery

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Orillia Tannery
Id:
201
Date_time:
Products:
Harness and Leather maker. Specializing in shoe uppers and harness leathers.
Start_year:
1857
End_year:
1901
Other_names:
Company_location:
N/E corner King and West streets
Owner_president:
Samual Wainwright
Executives:
foreman was Thomas Wainwright in 1871
Employees:
10
Notes:
Mr. Wainwright was born in Chshire England in 1818 and moved to Orillia in 1847. Mayor of Orillia in 1880. Property consisted of a two story building 90' X 64' with machinery driven by a 25 HP motor. In the 1880s Wainwright also had a retail outlet at 13-