Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives

Date

1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

2

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-2

Scope and Content

McLachlin Bros. Number 3 Mill on the Ottawa River.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1909

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

7

Physical Description

glass negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-7

Scope and Content

McLachlin Brothers Mill number 4 showing high water on the Ottawa River.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

June 1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

5.2

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

2 photographs of McLachlin Bros. Mill No. 4 from behind and from the side.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

June 1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

5.2

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph showing McLachlin Bros. Mill No 4. Caption on the back reads "McLachlin Bros. Sideview of No. 4 Mill. Note du[?] cart."

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1905

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

4

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-4

Scope and Content

McLachlin Bros. Number 3 Mill on the Ottawa River at Arnprior taken July 1905.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

19

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-19

Scope and Content

Dredge at McLachlin Bros. Number 3 Mill, Arnprior Ontario.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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City

Arnprior

Province

Ontario

County

Renfrew County

Description

Mill No. 4 was built in 1892, just 300 yards East of Mill No. 3 on the shore of the Ottawa River. Like Mill No. 3, it was steam-operated and equipped with the latest technology of its day. Mill No. 4 had a a 125-foot high "Iron Bottle" burner. It was the last mill built by the McLachlin Bros. Due to an economic downturn in the 1920s, only Mills 3 and 4 were still in operation by 1923. They ceased operation in 1929, and Mill No. 4 was finally demolished in 1936.

Builder

McLachlin Bros.

Time Period

1892-1936

Construction Date

1892

Physical Condition

destroyed

Function Category

Industry

Function Type

lumber mill

Location

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Date

c1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Daniel McLachlin (Texas) fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Caption reads "General View of No. 4 Showing the lumber conveyor and a glimpse of the end of No. 4 sorting table. The motor houses in this case are hung under the trestle. the tracks in the foreground leads to the gravel pit where ballast is obtained for the thirty miles of track in the lumber yard."

Accession No.

1999-0117

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Date

1909

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

6

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-6

Scope and Content

View showing high water at McLachlin Bros. Number 3 Mill taken May 26 1909.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

unknown

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Arnprior District Museum Collection

Description Level

Item

Reproduction Location

Binder 1B P0096

Scope and Content

Horse carts piled lumber along tracks in front of mill.

Accession No.

1993-0005

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Date

3 July 1930

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

C 120-3-0-0-97

Physical Description

glass plate negative

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3

Scope and Content

View of No. 4 Mill on the Ottawa River in the afternoon

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

3 July 1930

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

C 120-3-0-0-98

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3

Scope and Content

View of No. 4 Mill on the Ottawa River in the afternoon

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

39

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-39

Scope and Content

Front view of the McLachlin Bros. grist mill taken from the bridge over the Madawaska River.

Landmark

McLachlin Grist Mill

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

c. 1924

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Daniel McLachlin (Texas) fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 16.5 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Caption reads "General view of lath and picket mill where eighty percent of the waste is made into merchantable lumber."

Accession No.

1999-0117

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Date

1903

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

2.3

Creator

Charles Macnamara

Scope and Content

2 photographs of McLachlin Bros. grist mill from the front and back.

Access Restriction

Closed - please use scanned photos.

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

1909

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Charles Macnamara fonds

Description Level

Item

Series

10

Reference No.

7

Physical Description

glass plate negative and print

Acquisition Source

Archives of Ontario C 120-3, former item number C 120-3-0-0-7

Scope and Content

High water at McLachlin Bros. Number 4 Mill on the Ottawa River May 26 1909

Accession No.

2002-0154

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Date

c1904

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Daniel McLachlin (Texas) fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Caption reads "Another View of No. 3 Mill Looking down the lumber conveyor from sorting table. The seven cabins house the electric motors that drive the conveyor. Each drives twenty nine rolss. Lumber moving at the rate of three and a half feet a second takes nearly five minutes to reach the sorting table."

Accession No.

1999-0117

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Date

c. 1924

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

Daniel McLachlin (Texas) fonds

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 16.5 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Caption reads "All the edgings, the slabs too small to be re-sawn, and the waste from the re-saw fall on a transfer and pass under the five slash-saws shown here. These saws, electronically driven, cut this material into four-foot lengths and deliver it to the main conveyor running full length of the lath mill."

Accession No.

1999-0117

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City

Braeside

Province

Ontario

County

Renfrew County

Township

McNab/Braeside

Description

Gillies Bros. new 'fireproof' mill at Braeside was built in 1920 with reinforced concrete and eight inch brick walls on solid rock. The mill had a cutting capacity of 150,000 feet daily when it opened in 1921. The mill was expanded and modernized in 1969 and portions of its storage and kiln operations were rebuilt after a fire in 1976. The buildings were completely demolished in 2012.

Time Period

1921 - 2012

Physical Condition

destroyed

Function Category

Industry

Function Type

lumber mill

Location

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Date

ca. 1980

Format

photographic

Collection/Fonds

John Smith fonds

Description Level

Item

Reference No.

003

Creator

John Smith

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 35mm Kodachrome slide

Scope and Content

Colour photograph of the Gillies Bros. Mill in Braeside.

Accession No.

2017-0363

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