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| − | ==Dominion Textile Company== | + | ==Dominion Textile / Cosmos Imperial / Cosmos Cotton / Yarmouth Duck and Yarn Company== |
| + | This textile plant in [[Yarmouth]] was a major Yarmouth employer and a significant customer of the railway from its start in 1883 to its end in 1991. Established as the "Yarmouth Duck and Yarn Company" in 1883 by local owners, it made sail canvas for local shipbuilders. It expanded in 1891 to make rope and fishing supplies. In 1902 the company was sold to an American company, Consolidated Cotton Duck Company (later International Cotton company) and renamed "Cosmos Cotton Company". It was renamed again after a 1925 merger as the "Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd." By the 1950s, the company had evolved to produce cotton duck fabric used to make tarpaulins, awning and tents. Traffic in a typical year for 1967 consisted of 137 inbound cars of cotton and 96 outbound carloads of cotton products.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information Corporate Info, page 19]]</ref> About 1975 Dominion Textile bought out Cosmos Imperial Mills and operated the plant until it closed in December 1991.<ref>[https://memoryns.ca/dominion-textile-inc-yarmouth-n-s, Dominion Textile Inc. (Yarmouth, N.S.), ''Memory NS'']</ref> The plant employed 500 workers in peak years and thousands of carloads of cotton bales were delivered by rail throughout the mill's existence. Some employees beleived that it was the loss of rail service in 1990 that caused the plan to close as truck deliveries proved more expensive.<ref>[https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/lifestyles/then-and-now-yarmouth-cotton-mill-wove-more-than-threads-together-workers-became-family-285737/ Carla Allen, "THEN AND NOW: Yarmouth cotton mill wove more than threads together – workers became family", Saltwire Network, Feb. 19, 2019]</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| − | Image: | + | File:Yar1.JPG|Detail of the [[Yarmouth Station]], [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] and [[Dominion Textile Company|Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company]] from the [[Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889]]. |
| − | Image:Cotton mill.jpg|CP Rail boxcar at [[Dominion Textile Company]]. | + | File:13051772 10157017970115413 4471678427379338211 n.jpg|[[Yarmouth Railyard]] with the [[Yarmouth Enginehouse]] and [[Dominion Textile Company|Cosmos Cotton Mill]], 1925. |
| − | File:Summer 2010 062.jpg | + | File:Yarmouth Cotton Mills.jpg|[[Dominion Textile Company|Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd.]], with DAR tracks behind, 1931. |
| − | File:Summer 2010 063.jpg | + | File:AndrewChisholm1.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] in [[Yarmouth]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company|Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd.]] Aug. 28, 1953. |
| − | File:Summer 2010 064.jpg | + | File:CSTM-STR33180a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR2551|No. 2551]] with the [[Dominion Textile Company|Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd.]] in background, [[Yarmouth]], Aug. 29, 1953.\ |
| + | Image:Front of yard.jpg|East end of [[Yarmouth Railyard]] and [[Dominion Textile Company]] in the 1980's. | ||
| + | Image:Cotton mill.jpg|CP Rail boxcar at [[Dominion Textile Company]], 1980s. | ||
| + | Image:IMG 0144.jpg|Former [[Dominion Textile Company]] cotton mill railway loading/unloading dock area, April 12, 2009. | ||
| + | File:Summer 2010 062.jpg|Mural at [[Dominion Textile Company]] site, July 9, 2010. | ||
| + | File:Summer 2010 063.jpg|Mural at [[Dominion Textile Company]] site, July 9, 2010. | ||
| + | File:Summer 2010 064.jpg|Mural credit at [[Dominion Textile Company]] site, July 9, 2010. | ||
</Gallery> | </Gallery> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
http://www.swsda.com/yaic/domtex/index.html | http://www.swsda.com/yaic/domtex/index.html | ||
Latest revision as of 08:10, 11 April 2022
Dominion Textile / Cosmos Imperial / Cosmos Cotton / Yarmouth Duck and Yarn Company
This textile plant in Yarmouth was a major Yarmouth employer and a significant customer of the railway from its start in 1883 to its end in 1991. Established as the "Yarmouth Duck and Yarn Company" in 1883 by local owners, it made sail canvas for local shipbuilders. It expanded in 1891 to make rope and fishing supplies. In 1902 the company was sold to an American company, Consolidated Cotton Duck Company (later International Cotton company) and renamed "Cosmos Cotton Company". It was renamed again after a 1925 merger as the "Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd." By the 1950s, the company had evolved to produce cotton duck fabric used to make tarpaulins, awning and tents. Traffic in a typical year for 1967 consisted of 137 inbound cars of cotton and 96 outbound carloads of cotton products.[1] About 1975 Dominion Textile bought out Cosmos Imperial Mills and operated the plant until it closed in December 1991.[2] The plant employed 500 workers in peak years and thousands of carloads of cotton bales were delivered by rail throughout the mill's existence. Some employees beleived that it was the loss of rail service in 1990 that caused the plan to close as truck deliveries proved more expensive.[3]
Gallery
Detail of the Yarmouth Station, Yarmouth Enginehouse and Yarmouth Duck and Canvas Company from the Bird's Eve View of Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1889.
Yarmouth Railyard with the Yarmouth Enginehouse and Cosmos Cotton Mill, 1925.
Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd., with DAR tracks behind, 1931.
No. 2551 in Yarmouth with the Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd. Aug. 28, 1953.
No. 2551 with the Cosmos Imperial Mills Ltd. in background, Yarmouth, Aug. 29, 1953.\
East end of Yarmouth Railyard and Dominion Textile Company in the 1980's.
CP Rail boxcar at Dominion Textile Company, 1980s.
Former Dominion Textile Company cotton mill railway loading/unloading dock area, April 12, 2009.
Mural at Dominion Textile Company site, July 9, 2010.
Mural at Dominion Textile Company site, July 9, 2010.
Mural credit at Dominion Textile Company site, July 9, 2010.
