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Industrial Artifacts
One of the many ways Kitchener continues to celebrate our long, prosperous history in manufacturing is by preserving industrial machinery that's no longer used - and incorporating these artifacts into many local trails, buildings - including city hall and the Registry Theatre, and other public spaces.
Download our self-guided tour map, which contains details on the locations of our industrial artifacts.
Today, this unique collection contains more than 100 items of industrial machinery, which fall into the following categories:
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Tools (stationary, hand, design, portable, power, molds and forms)
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Appliances
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Engines
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Hydro electric equipment
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Office equipment
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Advertising
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Architectural
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Commemorative
Companies represented in the collection include:
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Blue Top Brewery
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Bonnie Stuart Shoes
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Canada Cordage
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Canada Pump/Canada Valve
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Clemmer Industries
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Cluett Peabody Canada Inc.
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Epton-Goodrich Factory
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Grand River Hospital
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Kaufman Footwear Inc.
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Kaufman Rubber Co.
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Kitchener Button Co.
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Mitchell Plastics Compression
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Ontario Power Generation, Niagara Falls
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