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The production of war materials during the Second World War brought a boom to many of the industries in Orillia.
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This picture from a 1960 promotional brochure published by Dorr Oliver Long is testimony to Orillia’s diverse industrial past.
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In 1903 the Fader Screwless Door Knob Co. purchased land on Barrie Road to open a factory to manufacture locks, door knobs and builders hardware.
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Ice Cream Scoops and Dishers have a long history of being manufactured in Orillia.
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One of the earliest harness makers in Orillia was Christopher Moore.
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The Heywood Wakefield Company of Massachusetts was a successful producer of wooden and rattan furniture in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A novelty postcard used to advertise Tudhope Automobiles.
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One of the greatest disasters in Orillia’s manufacturing history occurred on Saturday, August 22, 1909 when the Tudhope Carriage Works burned.
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The Tudhope Anderson Company was founded in 1910 on West Street South in Orillia. It was re-incorporated as Otaco Ltd. in 1936 using the initials Orillia Tudhope Anderson Co.
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T. B. Mitchell came to Canada in 1863.
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The Palace boat Livery was established at the foot of Mississaga Street in 1900.
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Before WW II, Otaco Limited was known far and wide as a manufacturer of farm implements, mining and haulage equipment.
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By 1945, with war production coming to an end, Otaco Ltd. on West Street South began producing metal toys to keep the plant busy.
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Dated September 1948, this promotional postcard shows a 90 Cu. Ft. Granby Type Mine Car.
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In June 1904, Mosses Boyd took over the Hoy Harness Business he had been managing for six years.
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This early advertising postcard from the Tudhope Carriage Co. is an artist’s rendition of the Tudhope plant after it was rebuilt in late 1909.
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With the overwhelming sales success of the toy Shovel and Crane made in 1945, Otaco continued to design and manufacture metal toys including a ride on train, several trucks plus a small food mixer and mangle ironer for girls.
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The Orillia Dairy Co. started its operations in 1930 at the former Orillia Farm Dairy location at 177 Barrie Road.
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The first world championship plowing contest was held near Cobourg Ontario in Oct. 1953.
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Hundreds of Orillians were put out of work when the Tudhope Carriage Works was destroyed by fire in August 1909.
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During Orillia’s industrial heyday many factories and businesses sponsored a wide variety of sports teams.
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In 1956 Harry Dewey set up shop to manufacture and repair boats in the basement of a barn
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This postcard was taken from Atherley Road near East Street, looking north, with Cedar Island in the background.
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This card gives us a great view of Orillia's industrial area in the 1950s.
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In 1914, Frank E. Fisher and F. W. Vollans of Walkerville Ontario took over the Tudhope Motor Co. of Orillia. They immediately began to sell Tudhope cars under the Fisher name.