http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/55d6293025062f8db9336ae2ccdce181.pdf df1544896a62ff7a36d16c537bafe72d PDF Text Text HORTON STEEL WORKS LIMITED The Horton Steel Works Limited, Canadian subsidiary of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company , was estab­ lished in 1913. A wooden shop build­ ing, 46-ft. wide by 140-ft. long with a 14-ft. by 140-ft. lean-to along one side, was built on leased land at Brjdgeburg {now a part of Fort Erie), Ont. The p rope rty on ":h �ch the shop was located an? the adJom­ ing Fedders Manufact� nng Company plant were purchased m 1917. On Dec. 23rd, 1923, the wooden shop building hurried. The 90-ft. by 306- ft steel building which replaced it in 1924 was extended to 666- ft. long in 1928. The main building acquired from the· Fedders Manufacturing Company served as a Machine shop until 1947, when a new 60-ft. by 227-ft. Machine shop was' built. A new one-story of­ nce building of brick const ructi_on 45:..ft. wide by 105-ft. long, was also erected in 1947. In 1924, the Horton Steel Works Limited purchased the assets of the Canadian-Des Moines Steel Company, tpoved some of its equipment from Chatham, Ont., to Fort Erie and, some years later, disposed of the · . . , C}Jatham plant. .... C. C. Gregory was transferred from Greenville to Fort Erie when the plant started operating and served as Man­ ager and Superintendent until 1924. E. E. Shull, Assistant Superintendent �nder Gregory, was in charge of the $hop until 1928 when G: Fitch Cady w.as transferred from Greenville. Henry Hamel succeeded Fitch Cady as Superintendent on Nov. 14th, 1945. A. D. Chapman has been Assistant Shop Superintendent since 1940. Shortly after our Canadian plant started operating-sales, engineering, drafting, erection, purchasing, ac­ counting and traffic departments were set up to handle the Company's busi­ ness in Canada. Carl H. Scheman, who opened a sales office in Montreal in 1919, went to Fort Erie two years later. George. S. Sangdahl, Manager of the Montreal office from 1921 to 1925, was succeeded by A. P. Black­ burn who join�t;l the Horton Steel sales staff when the Canadian-Des Moines Steel Company was absorbed. :Mr. Blackburn retired in October, 1936, and F: B. Booz, who was for­ merly at Fort Erie, has been in charge of the)viontreal office since that time. ·· A sales office was opened in Toron­ to in 1924, and George H. Crase, who also came to us from the Canadian­ Des Moines Steel Company, has been in charge of it ever since. Carl H. Scheman was made Gen­ eral Manager of the Company in 1924 and Wilbur R. Manock, Chief Drafts­ man in Chicago, was transferred to -Fort Erie to assist him. George T. Horton was President until Sept. 21st, 1933, when Mr. Scheman was elected to that office. On Sept. 18th, 1936, when Mr. Scheman returned to the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company sales staff at New York, Mr. Horton was again made President and served until his death. W. R. Manock was elected to tht offices of Director and S ecreta�. Treasurer on Dec.. 24th, 1924; Ma n. aging Director on June 18th, 194(); and President and Treasurer on Jtint 5th, 1945. L. C. McMurtry \\'fls elected Vice President on June 5th,_ 1945. S. M. Head, who came from tht Canadian-Des Moines Steel organiza. tion in Chatham in 1924, was m charge of the Accounting department - for some time and then made Pur. chasing Agent. He was elected Sec. retary of the Company on Mar. Hlth. 1941 and Secretary-Treasurer on Apr. 13th, 1949. During the first few years, the erec. tion of Horton Steel installations were supervised from Ch icago. It soon became desirable, however, to establish ·an Erection Dep art m ent at Fort Erie. L. C. McMurtry has been Manager of Erection since 1924 and L. J. Russell Erection Department Engineer since 1936. C. S. Boyd is head of the Engineer­ ing Department and Marvin �ildreth is in charge of the. Accountmg Department. Horton Steel Works Limited build� for Canadian installations•practicallj all kinds of standard tanks and other steel plate structures built by th� Chi­ cago Bridge & Iron Company m ·tbt· United States. Some of the outstand· ing installations include large surge tanks, penstock and pipe lines for power projects, sulphite pulp digest· ers accumulators a nd mining equitr me�t. Horton Steel also suppli� many special products such aS· barJdng drums, Ross heat exchangers, etc. - . · . · Build First Welded Tanke The Horton Steel Works Li built the first two welded tankers in the western hemisphere on the ba�e of the Niagara river in Fort Enc. They were the Bruce Hudson. a# 8,000-bbl. crude oil tanker with beam, 11 ;4-ft. draft, 173:-f:t: launched on June 27th, 193; Transitor, a 180-ft. b:t. 3 with a 120-ft. draft,:.• Oct. 8th, 1935. • �I • 0H01-> FOREMBN ON INbr>BCTIOI'i TOUR Spea!' st ... nding Left. to Right: G. Hicl{•.::n, A. Be;nn.::r, W. Bt:nner, F. D. Cozzens, T.H. H�m0l, Sho� Superintendent, R. Rot�, P. Plato and A. 1V1ill0r, c-.n1i b8hincL the c<.:;.mert.1. . .A.D. Ch<...)mc..n Assistmt Super:intend01t. • · Henry HamE:l and his \ with our. tlui-Ji:;rintenuent The Shop Fore..m;;;n c;,long of our jobs in th€ a tour of seve:.:rc!.l Lon Cho.pm;;,n mc:.de assistc..nt, \ Le�ving the plLnt th� foremen journn8�r vicinity on Sept�mber �). penstock t hu t we eyed to Decew F2lls where they inspected the larg8 are inst&lling under th� su�ervision of �. Fick for the H.B.P.C. under contra.ct 5151. This !)roved most interesting c:;,s thE:: ,job is quite extenstve and it is really awe inspiring to see th8 huge development . that is t�king place there. From Decbw they journeyed to H&milton wherE. thEy in:':>)ectc.:d the £1\::W 750M r.:..clL.. l cone bo t to m tower and tank thst is being built for the city of Hamil ton. This is one of the lc.,rge::st jobs of this ty::e t h&t we hc.ve built t o thi.:; dL.tc, and. inas_.. much c::s i.t is c:.n <.,11 weldsd job it was Vi e l l vrnrth th8 trip to see it in the cour�e of E:rcct.ion under fhe SUiJcrvision of foreman H. McLeod. After. h.::,ving lunch in He:.mil ton, tht: boys journeyed to Sco.rboro on theo ou tskirt� of tht €:C.St side of Toronto, wh-;:.rs we h&Vt� just compl�ted erecting r·, 500M g'"'llon ra.dic::.l cone bot tom tecnk that was ert;cted un<;l.t:;r the supervision of J. Jones. This job WGS the first all welded radial cpn£ bottom t&nk thLt ae built. h picture of it Eppcars on the fr6nt p&gE of this issue. ilfter ·returning to H a m ilton &nd having dinner the boys returned horn.� feeling the. t thGir d.:.y had bei::n quit(;; full of in.t� €:rest such as tht::y h&d not had the opportuni t y· of seeing bafore. A gre�t m�ny of the fellows had a t diffor�nt tim8s exprGs�ed a desir� of SE:eing some of the work thbt th£y h�ve put through thG sho� in its final stag0 of completion. It w&s through the efforts of our g�nial su9t7:rintendent th'-'t the com�<-.ny &rn:nged thi s tour for .the foremen. � http://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/55a76babf6c6748237c77bb4ab884f80.pdf a016240699254456da371ce33c618326 PDF Text Text HORTON CBI, LIMITED FORT ERIE, ONTARIO COMP ANY HISTORY The Canadian Ch i ca g o Bridge & I ron Company started a plant in 1913 at This was to Bridgeburg, Ontario with a sales office in Toronto, Ontarioo fabrication of railroad of the water tanks for the care transconti take nenta railroads that were being built. 1916 - the company was incorporated. did war work The plant - fabricated storage tanks during saw the establishment of a sales 1919 - office the First World War in Montreal, Quebec. The plant burnt down in December, 1923. It was rebuilt with a 303' steel 1928 an addition was made to the main building doubling its In buildingo length. During World War industries A 60' 227' x II the operations of the plant were on contracts or w ork related directly machine shop and new office building were erected Additions were added to the off ice in i953 1955 - - 1956 - sales a manufacturing plant was erected in erection in 1947. 1951 and 1955. a office was established in Calagary, ,length was later extended to for war to the war. Aiberta. Lethbridge, Alberta. The 200' 500'. warehouse was established in Edmonton. An experimental welding laboratory was built and equipped at Fort Erie, and appr o val by the Department of Labour for work handled th rou gh this facility was 1958 given. - heavy bending rolls Fort Erie and a and 1500 ton brake press were installed at new stores building was built. 1959 - erection warehouse was established in Montreal. 1961 - stress relieving furnace was built at Lethbridge. 1962 1963 - stress relieving celebrated 50th Anniversary public. 1965 furnace built and in operation enlaraed the with Open House . . Edmonton warehouse at Fort Erie. for employees and the �FORT ERIE, ONTARIO 1968 I - purchase d land at Boucherville, P.Q. ·:'• �1970 - 1971 - 1972 1973 - - opened The Montreal warehouse was The Lethbridge plant The name of Horton CBI, 1973 . 1975 1975 - Horton closed was closed Steel Works, The property Limited in in was 1972. 19730 changed to was sold • - A new construction warehouse was bu ilt at Fort Erie. - A p� cor.tpany for operating in the province 1977 Montreal Sales office moved 1979 sold and sold at Burlington Ontario - 1978 and Limited. forr:led 1977 B.C. (Delta), at Vancouver a plant - - - - of Quebec was Construction Metallique Limited. property· at Boucherville, P.Q. was sold Toronto and Calgary Sales off ices moved The plant at Delta, B.C. was to new locations,, closed. I ff{v tf4� ,ftY�/d>��;J.?� . f<,...,£1�c;L-dYrv /'JY!� �?/k � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Horton Steel History Description An account of the resource Listed here are several documents pertinent to Horton History. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Historical Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated Fort Erie Horton Steel Louis Mcdermott Collection undated