Beet Sugar Factory in Berlin
Description
- Creator
- Milton W. Reesor, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This is an image of the beet sugar factory in Berlin. The city of Berlin underwent a name change in 1916, becoming Kitchener.
In 1901, the Ontario Sugar Company decided to build a beet sugar factory in Berlin, with the first product being produced in 1902. This plant was partly-transported and partly-new, with the factory's steel-framework and machinery coming from a failed plant in Michigan. The 600-ton-capacity factory was more than one-third of a mile long and contained a main factory in addition to a sugar storage hall, seed sheds, beet storage sheds, a processing area, and a cooperage. Farmers from Waterloo County and Southern Ontario supplied beets to the factory which had a Grand Trunk Trail Railway spur from the mainline in Berlin. Unfortunately the business didn't last long as the company was no longer by 1909. Dominion Sugar, a Wallaceburg refinery, purchased the factory and were able to keep some local sugar production going. The local sugar beet industry lasted until 1923 when all the equipment was removed from the factory.
This photo belongs to the Reesor Collection, which is a group of photos taken by Milton W. Reesor, a local amateur photographer. He took many photos of friends, family, animals, outdoor activities, machinery, the railway, and more in and around St. Marys from 1898-1910. - Inscriptions
- "03"
"BEET SUGAR FACTORY BERLIN" - Date of Publication
- 1903
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- reesor084
- Collection
- Reesor Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4730026749361 Longitude: -80.4793636534119
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- Donor
- Dan O'Toole
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Reesor Collection. "Beet Sugar Factory in Berlin." St. Marys Museum, reesor084.
- Location of Original
- St. Marys Museum Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction.
High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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