in August of 1974 the employees of the Findlay Foundry in Carleton Place had to battle heat in their Townline plant because someone had made off with three air conditioners. The air conditioners were apparently stolen sometime during the night and police believe entry was gained through their resting position in the opened windows. Constable Wayne Drummond was investigating the incident. Now word was mentioned in future newspapers if the scoundrels that stole them had been found.
In Smiths Falls the same shenanigans were happening but the local police force had better luck. Smiths Falls Police Chief said their stolen air conditioners were found in the back seat of a car behind the Russell Hotel in Smiths Falls. The lads had probably worked up a sweat!
Photo: from the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum-A photo of the original Findlay foundry building. This is the only such photograph in the museum’s collection. Dated 1899 it shows a group of workers posing in front of the stone and wood frame building. Note the young boy in the centre row, and the man in front with a pipe and cup of something!
“If you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know who you are!” —The late Edna Gardner Carleton Place
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