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The People's Mill.jpg
Across the Speed River from the Alan Mill was the Alan Mill distillery. It was on the former site of the distillery that the Taylor-Forbes Company and later the W.C. Wood Company was constructed.

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A 1924 publication of the Taylor-Forbes Company. Photo caption reads: "General View of Factories Covering Nearly-Ten-Acres of Ground, Taylor-Forbes Company. Limited Guelph.ONT."

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On the right hand side of this photo, down Morris Street, closer to York Road is the former Biltmore Hats location.

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The Biltmore Hats Strike Committee in a residential area, 1938.

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The 1957 OHA champions: one of the many success stories to originate from Biltmore sponsored hockey teams.

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The use of felt in the production of this hat harkens back to a high point in the success of Biltmore Hats in the Ward. Biltmore, in 1953, accumulated enough capital to buy out their supplier Lancashire Felt on the corner of York and Morris and…

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The lot where Gilson Manufacturing once stood on York Road. Across the lot, you can see Owens Corning constructed in 1951 by Fibreglas Canada and one of the few large scale industrial features still operating in the Ward.
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