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Huyck Canada Ltd. Arnprior Plant

Taken after 1968 (as the original 150-foot-tall smokestack is missing), this photo shows the plant after the company name changed to Huyck Canada Ltd. The footprint of the […]

2nd Place Lowest Injury Award

This certificate was awarded to the Arnprior plant in 1973 for having the second lowest injury frequency rate across the Huyck plants. Those injured on site were often […]

Huyck “All-Wool” Blanket

Kenwood blankets altered very little after the Huyck Canada Limited name change. This particular all wool blanket belonged to line no. 33, the Ramscrest Plain Colours line. Its […]

Green “Famous” Blanket and Box

The “Famous” line of Kenwood blankets was packaged in boxes featuring the Ramscrest logo, the trademark image of Huyck products. Included in the box was a care card […]

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 […]

Dye Mix Chart with Corresponding Samples

The lab at Kenwood Mills was able to produce a wide variety of dyes for their famous blankets. The graph in the top right corner shows the proportion […]

Paper-Makers’ Felt

This diagram shows felts made at Huyck (Kenwood Mills) loaded into a paper-making machine. The paper sheet would be run over the felt to remove excess moisture. Under […]

Kenwood Felt Workshop Certificate

Certificates like this were handed out one year to those who attended a Kenwood felt workshop. Harry Brittle, a local Arnprior printer whose company (now named Hughes Brittle […]

Chair with Attached Tool Pouch and Embroidered Name of Seamstress

This chair was used in the Kenwood factory by a seamstress called “Lois”. Women would sit in chairs like this hoop back to splice paper-makers’ felts into continuous […]

Layout of the Kenwood Mills Facility

The floor plan of the mill shows the production areas for felts and blankets. The front of the plant (the leftmost part of the plan) housed the administrative […]

New Employee Wing

This new wing was built in 1947 as part of Kenwood’s employee welfare programme. This initiative was to give workers a stable and comfortable workplace, and hopefully would […]

View of the Kenwood Joining Workshop

Women were an integral part of Kenwood’s workforce. While not afforded the same positions nor pay scale as their male counterparts, they were still able to contribute financially […]