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Category: Landscape

The Shirt Factory, c 1905

The Shirt Factory, c 1905

This photograph of the Shirt Factory building, dated two years before it burnt, is the earliest known picture of a manufacturing facility on the current Kenwood site. Little […]
“The Town and The Mill” – The Making of Felts and Blankets

“The Town and The Mill” – The Making of Felts and Blankets

Transcript, as narrated by Andy Clarke: Passing between a series of large cylinders covered with fine wire, the wool is combed out into a wide loose web of […]
The Town and the Mill

The Town and the Mill

‘The Town and the Mill’ shows Arnprior as it was in 1948. The technicolor film was produced at the request of Kenwood Mills, Limited. Narrated by Andy Clarke, […]
“No Credit Here” Sign

“No Credit Here” Sign

This pine, hand-painted sign, c 1875, states no credit will be given for carding or cloth dressing. These services, aside from making yard goods and socks, would have […]
1933 Kenwood Mills Staff Photo

1933 Kenwood Mills Staff Photo

This photo shows the staff of Kenwood Mills in 1933, just a few short years after the economic crash. Arnold MacIntyre’s identification of staff members in 2003 was based […]
Kenwood Corporate Centre

Kenwood Corporate Centre

By an unknown artist, this sketch shows the front of the Kenwood Corporate Centre as it appeared on the front of a booklet covering the history of the […]
Weavexx Arnprior Plant in the 90’s

Weavexx Arnprior Plant in the 90’s

The Weavexx offices, like Kenwood’s, were at the front of the plant, partly shown here at the right of the image. When Weaxexx took over from BTR, they […]
Buffalo Plaid Kenwood Blanket

Buffalo Plaid Kenwood Blanket

Norway Camp Blankets were part of an all-wool line Kenwood made in the 1960’s. The bottom and top edge of the blankets were whip stitched with black thread […]
The Arnprior Plant of Kenwood Mills, Limited

The Arnprior Plant of Kenwood Mills, Limited

The building generally known as Kenwood Mills, Ltd. was originally the Griffith-McNaughton Ltd. factory. Additions on the west (right) and north (front) sides of the building were added […]
The Griffith and McNaughton Mill

The Griffith and McNaughton Mill

This brick three-storey structure was the location of Griffith-McNaughton, Ltd. The side of the building advertises “We manufacture felt for all grades of pulp and paper, also mangle […]