10 Yonge Street North “Hampson's Foundry”
Description
- Creator
- Joseph Hampson
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Built in 1873 by John Hampson, this structure functioned as a blacksmith, foundry and machine shop for over 118 years. The building style is Ontario Vernacular. This simple heavy timber structure was clad with board and batten siding. The type of foundation is not certain but it is most likely a log raft system foundation. The ground floor of the building is part concrete and part dirt.
- Date of Original
- Summer 2011
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Hampson, John Hampson, Al Hampson, Bill
- Collection
- Brockton Heritage Committee
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.1356901658002 Longitude: -81.1539422228241
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Brockton Heritage CommitteeEmail:ejcobean@wightman.ca
Agency street/mail address:100 Scott Street
P.O. Box 68
Walkerton, ON N0G 2J0
