Businesses
Discover more about business and industry in Ingersoll, explore the titans of commerce and the people who worked to build a town.
1887 Industries of Canada
: Ingersoll
1907 Industrial Ingersoll Illustrated
Adam Oliver of Ingersoll 1823-1882: lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician
By George Emery & Glenda Jamieson
Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 1
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, A to F. Searchable.
Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 2
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, G to K. Searchable.
Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 3
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, L to R. Searchable.
Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 4
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, R to Z. Searchable.
Carroll's Pond Mills
The banks of Carroll's Pond was home to grist, woollen and knitting mills.
History of the Cheese Industry in Oxford County
and the History of Ingersoll Cheese Company by C. H. Sumner
Ingersoll Cheese Company
A timeline of a cornerstone Ingersoll business.
Ingersoll in the 1870s
: excerpts from the Ingersoll Tribune
John Russell & Co. Agricultural Implement catalogue
Russell & Co. Foundry were manufacturers of the 'Ingersoll Reaper', which can be seen in this 1883 product catalogue, with testimonials!
Municipal Bonuses for Manufactures: how these worked in Ingersoll, 1873-1928
By George Emery
Noxon Brothers Agricultural Implement Co. Catalog
Explore farm equipment of yesteryear in this 1893 catalog.
Noxon Brothers Implement Works
An Ingersoll foundry that manufactured farm implements that were shipped all over the world.
Noxons of Ingersoll, 1856-1918: the family and the firm in Canada’s agricultural implements industry
By George Emery
The Ingersoll Packing Company
Originally, established as a pork processing plant, this business evolved into large export trade in cheese.
The James A. Cole Furniture Company
Located on the east side of Thames Street South, between King and Canterbury Streets, this factory transitioned from building furniture to funeral caskets.
The John Morrow Company
A business specializing in the production of iron and brass screws and bolts required in the construction of engines, mill machinery and electrical apparatus.
The Noxon Implement Company by Joni Seager
Includes history of this agricultural foundry, as well as genealogy of the Noxon family.
The River of Milk: 50 years with Borden's
Discusses the history of Borden's in Canada, with its inception in Ingersoll in 1899
