Brief history of Canada Foundries and Forgings, Ltd., c. 1930. It was an acquisition of three existing companies: James Smart Manufacturing Co., Canada Forge Company, and the Canadian Billings and Spencer Company.
Brief history of Empire Cotton Mills of Welland, c. 1930. Names of owners, officers, and managers mentioned are C. T. Grantham, Colonel James Woods, Colonel Smart, Lieut. Colonel James W. Woods, Nelson A. Batchelder, Brock Grant, H. A. Fifield,…
Brief history of the Canadian Mead Morrison Company of Welland. It was originally founded by Matthew Beatty, and operated under various forms and names from 1861-1963.
From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by…