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October 30, 2008

The End of My Milling Career, Trucking, & Alberta Phoenix Pipe

Alberta Phoenix Pipe & Tube Plant photo by Walter Kot I worked that winter learning […]

October 29, 2008

Whole Lot of Shaking Going on

please fill in Renown Flour Mill Circa 1951 In the Fall of 1969 through the […]

October 26, 2008

Keep on Trucking

One of the better warehouse jobs was working on the flour truck that delivered to […]

July 11, 2008

Export Flour for Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

The Export side of flour mill with Westbound passenger train “The Canadian” We also loaded […]

July 11, 2008

The Dust Room, and Confessions of a Pillsbury Doughboy

The Mill and Dust Room The dust room, the first summer I hired on there […]

July 9, 2008

Loading Feed, Domestic Flour, and Receiving, Shipping Trucks

Feed, Domestic Flour, and Truck Receiving and Shipping side of mill At the front of […]

July 9, 2008

Early History of Flour Mill, and Description of Warehouse

Renown Flour Mills 1947   From what I was told a cooperative of farmers started […]

July 9, 2008

Hiring on Pillsbury Canada Ltd. July 1968

  Pillsbury Canada Ltd. I remember quite well a beautiful July summer day, me and […]

July 8, 2008

CPR Laborer Alyth Shops 1968

Photo of Alyth Shops by Walter Kot In late June 1968, I decided to try […]

July 8, 2008

Sprinkler Fitting at the Firestone Warehouse

Firestone Warehouse at Mayland Heights When I was finished, the Crossfield job I was sent […]

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