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Niagara Harbour and Dock Company

Formed by local businessmen in 1831, the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company created a shipping basin here on the Niagara River by hiring hundreds of labourers to excavate a riverside marsh. By the late 1830s, the company employed close to 400 workers and was operating one of the busiest ports and shipyards in Upper Canada. The local economy boomed as the business prospered, then lapsed into recession after financial problems crippled the company in the late 1840s. The company’s industrial complex was used to build railway cars and steamboats in the 1850s and 1860s. This building, the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company office between 1835 and 1853, was restored in 1998.

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Niagara Harbour and Dock Company

En 1831, des homes d’affaires locaux lancent la « Niagara Harbour and Dock Company » qui embauche des centaines d’ouvriers afin de creuser un basin dans un marais au bord de la riviére Niagara. Vers la fin des années 1830, l’entreprise emploie près de 400 ouvriers et gère l’un des ports et des chantiers navals les plus actifs du Haut-Canada. Sa prospérité develop l’économic locale, mais vers la fin des années 1840, des problèmes financiers la paralysent, ce qui entraîne une recession. Dans les wagons de chemin de fer et des bateaux à vapeur. Ce bâtiment, bureau de l’entreprise entre 1835 et 1853, est restauré en 1998.

Location: Adjacent to the Dock Master's Cottage, once the main office of the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company, 164 Ricardo Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Emplacement : Tout près de la maison du maître de dock, auparavant le bureau principal du Niagara Harbour and Dock Company, 164, rue Ricardo, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 43.254400, -79.063800
Source: Ontario Heritage Trust – Provincial Plaque Program
Licence · Permission: © King’s Printer for Ontario / Ontario Heritage Trust – plaque text reproduced unchanged for non-commercial purposes
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