The Mill of the Montreal Cotton Company

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Title
The Mill of the Montreal Cotton Company
Abstract
The mill of the Montreal Cotton Company in Valleyfield, Quebec, was Canada's largest water-powered cotton factory from its beginnings in the 1870s. Backed by Montreal financiers, the company's first president businessman Sir Hugh Allan who held the position until his death in 1882. Allan was followed as president by dry goods wholesaler Andrew F. Gault, who served in the position for twenty-one years. In 1948, Dominion Textile Company acquired the Montreal Cotton Mill, and it ceased manufacturing in 1983.
Publication
Chateauguay Valley Historical Society Annual Journal/Revue annuelle de la Société historique de la vallée de la Châteauguay
Volume
Vol. 24
Pages
1-11
Date
1991
Language
en
ISSN
0319-1249
Citation
Leung, Felicity L. “The Mill of the Montreal Cotton Company.” Chateauguay Valley Historical Society Annual Journal/Revue annuelle de la Société historique de la vallée de la Châteauguay Vol. 24 (1991): 1–11.
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