Port Credit in Mississauga in Peel Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

St. Lawrence Starch

All from a kernel of corn

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 26, 2024

1. St. Lawrence Starch, All from a kernel of corn marker

Inscription.
The steam-driven water pump on display is a duplex pump manufactured by Canada Foundries Limited of Toronto. It was installed in the factory in 1912 as a fire pump. Employees tested the pump on a regular basis until mid-1970, when it was taken out of service. At full capacity, it could maintain 80 pounds of pressure on each of the four fire hoses.

During the winter, this pump was used to flood the St. Lawrence skating rink.

The Mill Stones were used to grind corn. The bottom stone was kept stationary and the upper revolved at 75 revolutions per minute. Every week and a half, the stones would be changed and a 'Stone Dresser' would cut new grooves. Mill Stones were used from the first day of operations until the early 1960s.

For the first few years, the company relied on horse and wagon teams to travel to and from the railway station at Stavebank Road four times a day with goods and raw materials. With the paving of the Toronto-Hamilton Highway (now Lakeshore Road) in 1916, the company entered the new field of motorized transportation by purchasing two Packard trucks with solid rubber tires.

Erected by Heritage Mississauga.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location.

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43° 33.219′ N, 79° 34.819′ W. Marker is in Mississauga, Ontario, in Peel Region. It is in Port Credit. It can be reached from Saint Lawrence Drive. The marker is in St. Lawrence Park, on the north side of the Waterfront Trail, approx. 100 metres west of the park access at St. Lawrence Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 75 St Lawrence Drive, Mississauga ON L5G 4V3, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

and in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named St. Lawrence Starch (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named St. Lawrence Starch (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named St. Lawrence Starch (a few steps from this marker); At the Mouth of the Credit (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Mrs. Mailman (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Mississauga Tract, 1805 (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Mills of the Credit River (approx. half a kilometer away); The Harbour (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mississauga.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 26, 2024

2. St. Lawrence Starch, All from a kernel of corn marker

With the 1912 water pump at left

St. Lawrence Park, facing west image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 26, 2024

3. St. Lawrence Park, facing west

Credits. This page was last revised on October 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 100 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 17, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.