{"id":201,"date":"2023-11-04T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonhistoryonline.museumlondon.ca\/?p=201"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:18:00","slug":"industry-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonhistoryonline.museumlondon.ca\/en\/industry-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry and Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photograph, Atlantic Petroleum, Hamilton Road, 1875, Gift of B. S. Scott, London, Ontario, 1959.
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Early London included farms, stores, and small industries that served a growing local market<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the population grew and transportation networks improved, London\u2019s manufacturing sector took off. Entrepreneurs established a wide range of industries in which workers produced goods for expanding local, regional, national, and international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, these industries responded to changing technology and markets. Some even continue to operate today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Explore the industries that helped make London the thriving city it is today…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The McCormick
Manufacturing
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Kellogg Company of
Canada Limited<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Labatt’s Brewery<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The McClary
Manufacturing Company<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Somerville Industries
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Lawson & Jones<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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William Ward & Sons<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n