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
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1907 Industrial Ingersoll Illustrated
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Adam Oliver of Ingersoll 1823-1882: lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician
By George Emery & Glenda Jamieson
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Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 1
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, A to F. Searchable.
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Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 2
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, G to K. Searchable.
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Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 3
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, L to R. Searchable.
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Business Newspaper clippings. Vol. 4
A newspaper clipping collection of many Ingersoll business and business people – names alphabetically, R to Z. Searchable.
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Carroll's Pond Mills
The banks of Carroll's Pond was home to grist, woollen and knitting mills.
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History of the Cheese Industry in Oxford County
and the History of Ingersoll Cheese Company by C. H. Sumner
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Ingersoll Cheese Company
A timeline of a cornerstone Ingersoll business.
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Ingersoll in the 1870s
: excerpts from the Ingersoll Tribune
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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!
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Municipal Bonuses for Manufactures: how these worked in Ingersoll, 1873-1928
By George Emery
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Noxon Brothers Agricultural Implement Co. Catalog
Explore farm equipment of yesteryear in this 1893 catalog.
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Noxon Brothers Implement Works
An Ingersoll foundry that manufactured farm implements that were shipped all over the world.
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Noxons of Ingersoll, 1856-1918: the family and the firm in Canada’s agricultural implements industry
By George Emery
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The Ingersoll Packing Company
Originally, established as a pork processing plant, this business evolved into large export trade in cheese.
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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.
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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.
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The Noxon Implement Company by Joni Seager
Includes history of this agricultural foundry, as well as genealogy of the Noxon family.
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