General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper; metal; leather; corduroy

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

35.0 cm

Width

32.0 cm

Height

7.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Crain

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Ledger records financial transactions between c. 1918-1928.

Canada

Victoria Foundry established in Ottawa c. 1850 by N.S. Blasdell. In 1873-4, the business was expanded, and new buildings and equipment added. The 1900 fire which razed large areas of Ottawa destroyed the Foundry's property, but it was quickly re-built and re-equipped at a site on LeBreton Flats, where it operated until 1965. c. 1967 it merged with the foundry business of Thomas Lawson & Sons (est. in Ottawa c. 1885) and McMullen Perkins, a machine shop operation (active in Ottawa since 1912). The new company, Lawson-McMullen-Victoria Ltd. moved it's operations to Ottawa east. LMV is thought to have been active until c. 1972-73. (Ref. 1) In 1965 the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the land in LeBreton Flats on which the Victoria Foundry (and it's soon-to-be partner T. Lawson & Sons) operated. Demolition of the foundry buildings began March 1, 1966 and were completed May 5th. Mr. Don MacKenzie collected archival material, patterns, and other items from the site during demolition, and made them available to CSTM. Although not documented, this item is almost certainly part of that collection.

Function

Used to record financial transactions.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"GENERAL LEDGER/ VICTORIA FOUNDRY CO. LTD." printed in gold on book cover. Off-white paper label fixed to inside of front cover reads "CRAIN PRINTERS, LIMITED/ ROLLA L. CRAIN, PRESIDENT/ PRINTING, BOOKBINDING/ LOOSE LEAF SYSTEMS/ 836- 838 BANK STREET, OTTAWA, CAN." Printed tab on first page reads "GENERAL/ LEDGER". Handwritten notes on last page of ledger read "O.E.R./ 3rd of 3/ Ledgers/ 3rd of 3 Ledgers./ Salvaged-/ Old O.E.R./ Bldg.- Middle ST./ VICTORIA IS./ Ottawa, ONT./ 1965/ By/ [stamped text] D.C. MacKenzie/ Bytown, C.W./ 1921- 1955- 1967/ [handwritten text resumes] and donated to/ Museum of/ Science &/ Technology/ St. Laurent BLVD./ Ottawa./ Feb. 1969./ DCM". "EAGLE LOCK CO./ TERRYVILLE, CONN. U.S.A.: stamped into lock casing.

Missing

None.

Finish

Off-white paper pages ruled with blue & red lines. Book cover has metal spine and locking device [broken]; front, spine & back have leather covering; front & back panels also have drab green corduroy fabric insert; red & off-white marbled paper on inside. End papers are heavy off-white paper.

Decoration

N/A