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P7281

ID Number: P7281
Item Name: Image
Title: Unloading Beets at Elmstead / Déchargement des betteraves à Elmstead
Title (Fre): Déchargement des betteraves à Elmstead
Description: Black and white photograph of beets being unloaded into a pit in Elmstead, Ontario; a large pile of beets runs diagonally from the centre of the left side of the photo, up through the centre; three carts, each harnessed to two horses, are stopped in front of the pile of beets and are being unloaded by agricultural labourers; there are trees in the background and grass in the foreground; the beets are being unloaded in Elmstead, to be moved by freight car to Chatham at a later date.
History: In 1944, two of Canada's five beet sugar factories were operated by the Canadian and Dominion Sugar Company Ltd. at Chatham and Wallaceburg in Kent County. Favourable natural conditions (limey soils and dry autumns) combined with the distance of this part of southwestern Ontario from the nearest Canadian cane refineries at Montreal favoured the industry. The bulk of the best crop was shipped to the factories by truck or wagon, with the remainder being sent by rail.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Elmstead
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Agricultural laborers / Travailleurs agricoles

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