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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 318687, member: 29"]In 1873, Peck, Benny & Company were big nail manufacturers of all kinds, ranging from shingle nails to rail crampons. The founders of the firm, Thomas Peck and James Benny, were still in charge of the company, but that same year they had just admitted Thomas Peck Jr. and Walter Benny Peck as partners. The company has offices and a point of sale on Saint-Paul Street, almost opposite Place Royale, while its factory is on the edge of the Lachine Canal. In fact, its nailing industry - including four large furnaces and numerous machines, powered by the hydraulic power of the canal, which prepare and cut the iron - contributes to the development of the place as the cradle of the industrial revolution in Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas Peck and James Benny joined in 1849 as Thomas Peck & Company. At that time, they were mostly wholesalers of hardware with a storefront on St. Paul Street but, as early as the 1850s, they established their nail shop on a site along the Lachine Canal. In 1864, when the Grand Tronc Railway company sought to celebrate Montréal's industrial and commercial successes by publishing an advertising book, Montreal Business Sketches, Thomas Peck & Company's establishment was at the top of the list of companies. In 1870, the firm changed its name to Peck, Benny & Company.</p><p><br /></p><p>The organization of the firm will undergo significant changes after the death of Thomas Peck senior in 1874 and that of James Benny nine years later. From that moment, Thomas Peck Jr. and James Henry Peck, his nephew, will take over the management of the company. The firm's offices will remain on Saint-Paul Street until 1893 when they will be moved to the Board of Trade building on rue du Saint-Sacrement. Reorganized into a limited liability company with letters patent issued by the federal government, the firm will become Peck Rolling Mills Limited in 1902. The latter will exist until the 1940s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 318687, member: 29"]In 1873, Peck, Benny & Company were big nail manufacturers of all kinds, ranging from shingle nails to rail crampons. The founders of the firm, Thomas Peck and James Benny, were still in charge of the company, but that same year they had just admitted Thomas Peck Jr. and Walter Benny Peck as partners. The company has offices and a point of sale on Saint-Paul Street, almost opposite Place Royale, while its factory is on the edge of the Lachine Canal. In fact, its nailing industry - including four large furnaces and numerous machines, powered by the hydraulic power of the canal, which prepare and cut the iron - contributes to the development of the place as the cradle of the industrial revolution in Canada. Thomas Peck and James Benny joined in 1849 as Thomas Peck & Company. At that time, they were mostly wholesalers of hardware with a storefront on St. Paul Street but, as early as the 1850s, they established their nail shop on a site along the Lachine Canal. In 1864, when the Grand Tronc Railway company sought to celebrate Montréal's industrial and commercial successes by publishing an advertising book, Montreal Business Sketches, Thomas Peck & Company's establishment was at the top of the list of companies. In 1870, the firm changed its name to Peck, Benny & Company. The organization of the firm will undergo significant changes after the death of Thomas Peck senior in 1874 and that of James Benny nine years later. From that moment, Thomas Peck Jr. and James Henry Peck, his nephew, will take over the management of the company. The firm's offices will remain on Saint-Paul Street until 1893 when they will be moved to the Board of Trade building on rue du Saint-Sacrement. Reorganized into a limited liability company with letters patent issued by the federal government, the firm will become Peck Rolling Mills Limited in 1902. The latter will exist until the 1940s.[/QUOTE]
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