deseronto

Standard Chemical Co. known under a variety of names, including: Standard Chemical, Iron and Lumber of Canada Ltd. which became the Standard Chemical Co. Ltd. of Toronto, by supplementary letters patent in 1918. This and the Parry Sound plant established in 1912 used charcoal to fire the blast furnaces. Charcoal burned hotter than coal, note: the charcoal bins above the smelter in this diagram. About this time coke was introduced as a fuel for blast furnaces, produced from coal, it burned hotter than charcoal, making plants such as this uneconomical. The chemicals of the firm's namesake, were a byproduct from their manufacture of charcoal, at plants such as Longford Mills and South River. The firm's production of Acetate of Lime, Wood Alcohol and Pig Iron were high in demand during wartime, however, as the need for their products declined the plants closed. When did the Deseronto smelter shut down?

I don't know exactly when the smelter was shut down, but the fire insurance plan for March 1922 shows the Standard Iron Company site as 'silent' at that point.

There are some very interesting features of this ship. With the spacing of the windows, it looks like the Geronia, a photo of which appears in Willis Metcalfe's book: Canvas & Steam on Quinte Waters, 1968 (see picture section 4th page after page 120). There seems to be a shorter skirt on the upper bow section of the hull, in this version, is the only obvious difference I can see. Here is another view: www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/GLImages/details.asp?r=vs&I... SS Geronia history as SS Cape Trinity: www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/Scanner/02/08/default...

This is a beautiful card.