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Huntsville’s early years were marked by industrious, hard-working people. Can you name this venture, its location or the date of the image?
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Last week we shared this photo with you:
The Strano macaroni factory was established in 1913 in a building that once shared the space between Town Hall and what is now Reflections of Muskoka with the Lyceum theatre. (The location of the two buildings is the Algonquin Theatre today.) Susan Pryke’s Huntsville with Spirit and Resolve tells us: “(Domenico Strano) came to Huntsville as the foreman of the Standard Chemical Company… Attracted by the business possibilities in Huntsville, Strano decided to open a bakery and macaroni factory in a building called the Strano block. The vibrant Italian community of tannery workers provided a ready market for Strano’s baked goods and range of pastas. He also shipped to Toronto and Montreal. Strano sold the business in 1926 to Martin Iverson. (The building that housed the macaroni factory survived until February 24, 1992, when it was destroyed by fire.)
Think it is Weldwood sawmill on Hunters Bay.
It looks like the saw mill at what is now the lock between Mary Lake and Fairy Lake. Not sure the date or name to go on it and it does not look like the lock has been built yet, just a dam.