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Trenton Buildings and structures
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Trenton Education

File contains a typescript history of schools and education in Trenton from 1800-ca.1900 by Andrew S. Shurie. Includes brief profiles of Trenton teachers and administrators. Also present are several newspaper articles from 1956-1959 concerning school additions and consolidations, and the planning of a technical school in Trenton in 1959.

Trenton Community Centre

File contains a number of newspaper articles about the Trenton Community Centre, Also known as; Trenton Community Gardens (1958), Duncan McDonald Memorial Gardens (present). These articles provide a detailed history of this arena that has held many events for the local community, ranging from; bingo to basketball.

Trenton Commercial Papers

File contains a number of newspaper articles, financial statements, and receipts of payment, ranging in years from c. 1876 to c. 1922.
The oldest item in the file is an article in an unknown newspaper, written by Eugene Schuyler c. 1876; about issues regarding the country of Turkey.
There are financial statements from The Town of Trenton, Ontario, and purchase receipts from the same municipality.

Trenton: Bridges

File contains a number of original documents from 1857-1863 about the Trenton Bridge built in 1834. Included is a petition of residents to rebuild the bridge (1856), and a motion of Trenton Village council requesting financial assistance from county (1857).

Town of Trenton with advertising businesses

A photocopy of a map of the Town of Trenton, circa 1915. The map features advertisements for local businesses, important sites, industries and many railways and stations.

Donated by Bruce Polmanter.

The Gladys Rollins Collection

This file contains: 1) A photocopied typed article titled "Telegraph Island Light", about the lighthouse erected 1870 in the Bay of Quinte; 2) A timetable for the steamer Varuna, circa 1920, Captain A. Hicks; 3) A photocopy of the obituary for Rev. James Rollins born 28 October 1865 in Madoc and died 7 February 1943 in Kingston.

Reproduction of Murray Canal Plan

"Murray Canal Plan Showing Portions of the Old Canal Reserve Which It is Proposed to Grant to the Province of Ontario."
A reproduction from an original at the Archives of Canada's map collection.

Reproduction map of Trenton village and bridge

A reproduction of a Tracing of a Part of the Village of Trenton showing the names of some of the principal streets. Original map made in 1873 and held at the Archives of Ontario. Scale 4 chains to an inch.

3 tracings of a bridge located in the village of Trenton at the time.

Haslett, John James, P.L.S. & D.P.S.

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