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Glenora Mill/A.W. Ogilvie & Co.

View of the Glenora mill (ca. 1891); from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 70.

View of the Royal mill (ca. 1891); from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 70.

Interior views of the Ogilvie Royal mill (ca. 1891); from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 70.

Company advertisement from 1903; from Ernest Chambers, The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis (Montreal: Book of Montreal, 1903), 259.

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Title:

Glenora Mill/A.W. Ogilvie & Co.

Address:

45 rue des Seigneurs

Type of Building:

flour mill

Date Construction Began:

1837

Date(s) of Alteration:

1851-2

Date Demolished:

1989?/1991

Notes:

Site is presently a vacant lot on the banks of the Lachine canal.

Sources:

Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. .
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: photo of building site.

Collard, Edgar Allan. “Spectacular fire threatened city businesses.” . Montreal Gazette, 23 Aug. 1997: B6

DeVolpi, Charles P. Montreal Recueil Iconographique/ A Pictorial Record. Montréal: Dev-Sco Publications, 1963. : 225
Visuals: exterior rendering.
Note: Depicts fire at Glenora Flour Mill in 1874.

Laguë, Jean., Willa Burgess, and Mark London. Proposal: Canal de Lachine, Ecluses St-Gabriel. Montréal: Héritage Montréal, 1985. : 14
Visuals: exterior rendering, photo of site.

Sicotte, Anne-Marie and Rene Theriault. The Lachine Canal Historical Guide. Montréal: Association Les Mil Lieues, 1987. : 26
Visuals: exterior rendering.

Stevens, G.R. Ogilvie in Canada: Pioneer Millers, 1801-1951. Toronto: Ashton Potter, 1951. .

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"Glenora Mill/A.W. Ogilvie & Co.", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries

Reference Link:

https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in059.html

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