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      Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and were demolished in 1965 when the private park was sold to the Whitby Public Utilities Commission. In 1971 Heydenshore Park was sold to the Town of …

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. The company was sold to General Mills and was destroyed by fire 0n 8 February 1951.

      Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering …

      The water pump house was built in 1904 and served until 1959 when a second pump house was built. It was later used for pumping raw water to industries.

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. Stacks of these ammunition boxes can be seen to the right and left of this picture. The company was later sold to General …

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. Stacks of these ammunition boxes can be seen to the right and left of this picture. The company was later sold to General …

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. Stacks of these ammunition boxes can be seen to the right and left of this picture. The company was later sold to General …

      The Brunton Lumber Company was built at Whitby Harbor in 1941. The company manufactured ammunition boxes for Defense Industries Limited in Ajax during the Second World War. Stacks of these ammunition boxes can be seen to the right and left of this picture. The company was later sold to General …

      The Argo Petroleum tanks were built at Whitby Harbour in 1938. They are unpainted in this picture. At left is the company office.

      The Argo Petroleum tanks were built at Whitby Harbour in 1938 at the east side of the harbour. The tanks were replaced by larger oil tanks around 1947 and were demolished in the early 1980s.

      This house was located at 124 Front Street East in Whitby.

      The lighthouse was built at the end of the west pier in 1857 and removed during reconstruction of the piers in 1958.

      The lighthouse was built at the end of the west pier in 1857 and removed during reconstruction of the piers in 1958.

      A black and white photograph of the Whitby Harbour basin. The breakwater is at the left and a sailboat is in the centre of the picture. To the right of the boat on the shore is the power house for Ontario Hospital at Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of the Military Convalescent Hospital buildings during the final stages of construction in the summer of 1917. The view is looking north-west from the recreation hall.

      This photograph was taken when the hospital was used by the military as a convalescent hospital from 1917 to 1919.

      The carpenter shop was established at the military convalescent hospital as therapy for the soldiers during the period of 1917 to 1919.

      This building was constructed in 1916.

      This railway was built to bring visitors to the hospital when it was used by the Military from 1917 to 1919.

      A black and white photograph of eight nurses seated in two rows on the steps of one of the cottages at the military convalescent hospital.