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Tannery_proof2 LIFE AFTER CROSSEN THE TANNERY Design & layout by Quench Design & Communications | Port Hope | www.quenchme.ca The closing of Canada Blue Tanning for the last time in 1988 signaled the end of a long history of industry on Alice Street in Cobourg. The Crossen Car Works first occupied the site in 1870, but some 130 years later the tannery buildings stood derelict, and in 2007 they were finally demolished. Crossen stopped operations in 1915, and Dominion Wheel & Foundries Limited took over just two years later. A tannery was first established on the Alice Street property in 1926. While the business changed ownership and names several times, it began under the name of Edwards & Edwards, covering seven acres. At various times over the years, cow hides, fish skins and sheep hides were all tanned there. In 1957 the Edwards family sold the business to the Remis Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts. It was later sold to John A. Lang & Sons. Ltd. of Kitchener for approximately $1,000,000. A BUSINESS WORTH BUYING (AND SELLING) TIMES CHANGE EDWARDS & EDWARDS HOCKEY TEAM - 1929 EDWARDS & EDWARDS LIMITED