Finishing off some 39 International PU doors and noticed some colour under 2 layers of paint. Sanded it down and this is what we found. Anyone out East have any info on this company? Owner would luv to find some history! Going to clean
I haven't heard of them but 200 Vine Ave. is right along a major railroad trunk known as The Trunk. It is in a formerly heavily industrialized are of the city along the train tracks. As traditional manufacturing dwindles in this country one can see many derelict warehouses along that stretch eastward into the core of the city, away from the main highways. Over the last 10 or 15 years places have been made into lofts or torn down, but the trend isn't over.
It appears that 200 Vine Ave is a playground in a residential area, having been rezoned from commercial use.
Below is a '49 Chevrolet truck ad depicting a typical scene from long ago and likely was how it was when that '39 International was in use.
The Junction' was created where four railway lines crossed. Two railways, the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron (later the Northern) and the western Grand Trunk, had built lines through the area between 1853 and 1873. The third. Credit 'Valley Railway, created a junc-tion in 1879 when its line branched to the west. Canadian Pacific's (CPR) forerunner, the Ontario and Quebec Railway, which constructed a Toronto bypass just north of Dupont Street, completed the final link. Its track crossed all the other tracks. CPR established its Ontario headquarters at The Junction. The huge yard employed 1,000 men and contained track, storage, roundhouses and machine, boiler, erecting, paint, car and woodworking shops. A second yard was later built at Runnymede with workmen's houses built between so the men could walk to either. The passenger station was located at Dundas Street West and Weston Road. Manufacturers were attracted to The Junction because of its excellent transportation and shipping facilities. Thirty trains a day ran to Toronto from the four railway stations. Foundries, planing mills, wire factories, and industries, such as Wilkinson Plough, Dominion Showcase and the Heintzman Piano Co. began. Other firms came because land, labour and taxes were cheaper. The Vermilyea Corset Factory owned by Madame Vermilyea employed the wives and daughters of the mills and railway workers. Land speculators quickly realized the potential of The Junction. One, Daniel Clendenan, bought the Carlton Racecourse at Dundas and Keele streets and registered it as a townsite. In 1888, The Junction was a village of 750 people; by 1891 a town with a population of 5,000. The Globe approvingly described Clendenan, West Toronto's first mayor, as an "energetic pushing businessman". The Mayor and Council pushed for utilities and fireballs, as well as schools and hbraries. The corner of Dundas and Keele streets was the centre of town with several blocks of large well-built stores. The streets near the railway tracks were filled with a mix of workmen's homes, while southwest of Annette and Quebec streets was an area of larger homes stretching down to High Park. In one year, 600 houses were built with watermains and sidewalks.
I couldn't find any pics of Longworth Milling Company, but I found that the City of Toronto archives have some photos of the area from the early 20th century, when I searched for "The Junction".
Here's a neat pic of Maple Leaf Milling Company and Campbell Flour Mills circa 1916. The note says: Item consists of one photograph of a mill complex in West Toronto Junction, near Junction Road and Cawthra Avenue. (This is just across the tracks and down the road from the Longworth location)
As recently as 2014 it appears the silos were still in place.
Business name search says an Ontario corporation created June 27, 1941, voluntarily dissolved but doesnt say when. 47258 is the registry number. Correct legal name had Company spelled out.
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Friday 22nd of March 2019 04:02:31 PM
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Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Great info guys! Thanks...will pass it along to the owner(along with thread). Also luv the pics...just a cool old time! Am going to satin clear the doors John,but thinking they might look a bit off compared to the rest of the truck. Might blend into fenders cab and see how it looks?
Very nice find ... I would go out of my way to save it.
There is an old 5 ton GMC hidden behind a manure pile, down the road from me that I know of. It has paginated doors also ... with a Maine, U.S.A. location painted on them. I'll see if I can sneak in, or get permission and get a picture sometime. I always wanted to ask about the truck anyway. It has a big block in it.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
, down the road from me that I know of. It has paginated doors also ... with a Maine, U.S.A. location painted on them. I'll see if I can sneak in, or get permission and get a picture sometime. I always wanted to ask about the truck anyway. It has a big block in it.