Iron Wills : The Legacy of the Clendinneng Family Foundry
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Iron Wills : The Legacy of the Clendinneng Family Foundry
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The Irish-born William Clendinneng (1832-1907) immigrated to Montreal in 1847 and in 1852 began working for the William Rodden foundry. The foundry was in Griffintown, near the Lachine Canal. Clendinneng took over the firm in 1868 and changed the company's name to the William Clendinneng Foundry. In 1884, the company was re-named William Clendinneng and Son Iron Founders after William J. Clendinneng Jr. (1859-1934) joined the firm. By 1886, the foundry employed 450 workers and cast ironworks for builders' casting, agriculture and railway castings, cast drain and gas pipes, stoves, ranges, furnaces, hollow ware and household goods, and ornamental decoration (iron furniture, gates and fencing). The author notes that the foundry's work still exists, including the main gates and original fence of Rideau Hall (the Governor-General's Residence in Ottawa) and the gates of Montreal's Mount Royal Cemetery. The foundry ceased operation in 1904, primarily due to the collapse of its major banker, the Banque de Peuple in 1895, which led to a series of defaults by the company's debtors.
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Quebec Heritage News
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Vol. 16
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no. 3
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Summer 2022
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19-22
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en
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Clendenning, David H. “Iron Wills : The Legacy of the Clendinneng Family Foundry.” Quebec Heritage News, Summer 2022.
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