Quarry operations at what eventually became the Canada Crushed Stone site began under Charles Farquhar in 1847. Expansion of the site culminated with the Great Western Railway laying tracks just below the kilns in 1853. Farquhar ceased operations around 1880, and the quarry lay unused until the early 1900s (1900-1905) when Charles Doolittle and Horace Wilcox purchased the abandoned property and began reconstruction and expansion of the site, including giving the Grand Trunk Railway permission to...

Item consists of a black and white print. Train pulling into the Dundas Train station with a man standing by the CNR bus. Bus was also used for royal mail delivery.

Item consists of a black and white glass negative. Photograph is of a large group of men and boys in front of a train.   This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Ce projet a été rendu possible grâce au gouvernement du Canada.