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Kennedy and Sons built propellers, wind-less drive shafts and other integral equipment for every boat committed to war. A Kennedy propeller drove the lead boat in the D-Day invasion. The company’s contributions during the war have been recognized by the crown and duly noted, and the National Film Board documented their wartime production.
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Manufactured by William Kennedy and Sons Limited in Owen Sound, Grey County. Dates to the 20th-century. Belonged to William "Bill" D. Wilson. He worked as a Paymaster at William Kennedy and Sons Limited. This company manufactured most of the propellers in North America in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1961, it became known as Black Clawson-Kennedy.
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1966.003.006 Group photograph of Wm. Kennedy & Sons workmen, includes George Menzies, Moulder, third man from the right in the third row, c. 1891 1980.101.001 Booklet, "Owen Sound on the Georgian Bay" (1911) has advertisements for Wm. Kennedy & Sons. Page 16 has an image of the Kennedy foundry on the west side with the buildings to its north.
Jun 24, 2016 · In 1899, he set up a steel foundry. By 1911, Wm. Kennedy and Sons had grown from an essentially, one-man operation to employ 150 area residents in the manufacture of such products as turbines, mill gearings, steel castings and propellers. With the onset of World War I, Kennedys became important contributors to the allied war effort.
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t the William Kennedy & Sons, Ltd. apprenticeship graduation banquet held in Owen Sound, Ontario in September 1947, T. Dowsley Kennedy, the president of the 90-year-old-foundry and metal works, announced that “so far as is known” his was “the old-est firm in the nation still controlled by the same family which founded it.”1 This
Nov 19, 2023 · William Kennedy, the founder of Kennedy and Sons, came to Upper Canada in 1831. In 1856, he traveled to Owen Sound to install machinery for Harrison's Woolen Mill. A millwright by trade, and trained in Scotland, he decided to stay in Owen Sound. By 1863, he was the proud owner of a two-story sash and door factory and a machine shop.
