Hiram Walker's Supported Industries

At the time of its incorporation Walkerville had the following industries within its borders, nearly all of which had been created or organized by Hiram Walker, or which had been brought there through his influence:

Hiram Walker & Son's Distillery

The Walker Cooperage

The Walker Planing Mill

The Walker Lumber Yards

The Walker Malthouses

The Walker Copper Shop

The Walkerville Brewing Company

The Ontario Basket Company

The Glove Furniture Company

The Barnum Wire and Iron Works

The Walkerville Malleable Iron Company (became partly the Walker Twist Drill Co. and partly the Walkerville Winery)

Kerr Bros., Limited, Machinists

Parke, Davis & Company, Chemists

The Walkerville Brick Factory

The Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway Company

The Walker Cattle Barns, and

A sugar refinery

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