Niagara Falls in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Jack "JG" Walker 1907-1986
Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 13, 2025
1. Jack "JG" Walker 1907-1986 - Marker
During the Depression years, he developed a system of manually filling lugger boxes. Once full, a lugger truck then transported the boxes to the crusher.
This system allowed over 100 families from Thorold to be paid on a "per piece" basis and kept them working through the Depression.
After the Depression, when jobs were easier to come by, the lugger system disappeared and large 22 ton trucks and a 2 yard shovel loaded rock into the crusher.
In 1954, Jack bought the Crusher that stands in front of you today. It is a 100 ton Canadian Allis Chalmers 60"x48" A-1 Jaw Crusher having two piece welded steel side sections, cast steel swing jaw and pitman shafts, manganese steel corrugated straight swing jaw and curved stationary
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In 1957, Jack purchased the property on the escarpment above St. Catharines with his brother, Don Walker and started a new Quarry called St. Catharines Crushed Stone. Eventually his brother Don sold his share to Jack. This operation finished up mining in 1972.
In 1967 Jack handed over the operations to sons, Norris and John.
In 1972, Jack turned his energies to new acquisitions. He went to Vineland and purchased 3 properties - all 3 deals closed at the same time; on the same day; - and an air track machine immediately started drilling the new Clinton Quarries. Shortly after, the owners of nearby Vineland Quarries decided to sell their operations to Jack.
In 1974, Jack designed and built the most advanced crushed stone plant in the Niagara Peninsula, complete with remote controls for product conveyor stacking and electrically controlled product
Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 13, 2025
2. Jack "JG" Walker 1907-1986 - Marker in context
Photo faces north from Thorold Townline Road just north of Taylor Road. The marker is in front of the rock crusher.
Jack's lasting legacy to the next generations of "giving back to the communities from where we receive our benefits" continues today into the 5th generation of the Walker Family.
Dedicated by his sons, Norris & John
July 23rd, 2004
Erected 2004.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 43° 7.02′ N, 79° 10.477′ W. Marker is in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is at the intersection of Thorold Townline Road and Taylor Road, on the right when traveling north on Thorold Townline Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Thorold Townline Road, Niagara Falls ON L2H 3R1, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Golden Horseshoe and in Niagara Canada. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and
Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 13, 2025
3. Canadian Allis Chalmers 60"x48" A-1 Jaw Crusher
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Beaverdams (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Construction of the Welland Canals / La Construction des Canaux Welland (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Lynch House 1908 (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); The Ontario Paper Company Ltd. (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Stewart House c. 1860 (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Bogardus House c.1875 (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); The Parsonage 1875 (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Millar House c. 1876 (approx. 1.8 kilometers away).
Photographed by Kevin Westell, July 13, 2025
4. Canadian Allis Chalmers 60"x48" A-1 Jaw Crusher
Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 97 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 13, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
