Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2013.043.025 |
Object Name |
Paperweight |
Title |
Paperweight showing the National Portland Cement Co.'s Trestle Works |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Date |
1901 - 1915 |
Year Range from |
1901 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Durham, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
Description |
Colourless glass, scallop-edged paperweight. It bears a small photographic image of the Trestle Works at the Cement Plant. The photograph shows some of the factory buildings as well as the trestle apparatus, and is faintly captioned in the sky area. No glass factory identification observed. Some gold-coloured paint was applied on the underside, and is visible through the glass. |
Provenance |
Manufacturer unknown. Dates to between 1901 and 1915. In the late 19th-century, the marl beds of Grey County were discovered to have great potential for providing the marl needed to make Portland cement. Shallow Lake, Grey County, was discovered by R. J. Doyle Sr., and was the first location to be exploited. The Owen Sound cement factories located there processed local marl. The town of Durham also developed the National Portland Cement Company, thanks to Neil McKechnie. In 1902, it was the world's biggest cement works. Their marl was dredged at Wilder Lake at first, and in 1908, they switched to bringing marl over from the Hanover area via train cars. Last owned by Norman Playter of Owen Sound, Grey County. He likely obtained it at a public auction in Grey County. |
Collection |
Office Equipment & Accessories Collection |
Material |
Glass/Paper/Paint/Glue |
Dimensions |
H-2.3 Dia-8.6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McKechnie, Neil Doyle, Richard Judson |
Subjects |
Cement industries |
Search Terms |
National Portland Cement Co. Durham Wilder Lake |
Function |
A souvenir paperweight item, that shows part of the cement factory infrastructure of the National Portland Cement company near Durham, Grey County. |