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P5505

ID Number: P5505
Item Name: Image
Title: Kerr Engine Company / Compagnie de moteurs Kerr
Title (Fre): Compagnie de moteurs Kerr
Date: ca 1925
Description: Faded black and white photograph of the Kerr Engine Company in Walkerville on Walker Road; the building is a large brick structure that extends out of the photograph on both the left and right sides; the building is surrounded on the left by a tall wooden fence and fronts Walker Road on the right; outside the fence is an empty lot with some large rocks visible; there is a man standing by the fence near the sidewalk; there is a street light in the centre of the photograph in the foreground; at the far left side of the photograph is a tall smoke stack which is producing smoke;
History: In 1925 - 1926 the President and Manager of the company was Harry O. Kerr and the Secretary-Treasurer was Mr. Edward R. Kerr. The Kerr Engine Company manufactured various types of marine engines, waterworks machinery, valves and hydrants, in addition to general machinery.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Walkerville
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

Subjects

Automobile industry / Industrie de l'automobile

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