. . . . . . . . . . . . . "Canada"@en . "1886"^^ . . "Polson Iron Works Limited"@en . "1106533427"^^ . . . . . . "William Polson \u2013 co-founder, Franklin Bates Polson \u2013 co-founder"@en . . . . . . . "William Polson and Company c. 1883"@en . . "Toronto, Owen Sound"@en . . . . "Ceased operations"@en . . . . . "Polson Iron Works Limited"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Toronto 1886\u20131888 and 1893\u20131919, Owen Sound 1888\u20131893"@en . . . . "1919"^^ . . "The Polson Iron Works was an Ontario-based firm which built large steam engines, as well as ships, barges and dredges. Founded by (1834\u20131901) and son Franklin Bates Polson, the firm was incorporated in 1886 and it was one of the original shipyards operating in Toronto. In 1888 favourable land grants prompted the company to move to Owen Sound, which was then an important port for Canadian Pacific's steamships. The firm eventually returned to Toronto in 1897 when Owen Sound's town council did not renew the firm's exemption from property taxes. In Toronto the company's ship yard was located on the harbourfront at the foot of Sherbourne Street. In 1914 the company agreed to lease land from the Toronto Harbour Commission to build a new facility in the newly reclaimed Portlands industrial district, but the outbreak of World War I prevented the move. Some of the vessels constructed by the Polson Iron Works remain in service today. They include SS Bigwin, PS Trillium and MV Kwasind. The engines and hull of Bonnington, a steamboat that ran on the Arrow Lakes from 1911 to 1931, were built at the Polson Iron Works, and shipped by rail to British Columbia. The company ceased operations around 1919, but the name lives on in Polson Pier, where the company had intended to relocate the shipyard."@en . "Ceased operations"@en . . "16293806"^^ . . . "1886"^^ . . "The Polson Iron Works was an Ontario-based firm which built large steam engines, as well as ships, barges and dredges. Founded by (1834\u20131901) and son Franklin Bates Polson, the firm was incorporated in 1886 and it was one of the original shipyards operating in Toronto. In 1888 favourable land grants prompted the company to move to Owen Sound, which was then an important port for Canadian Pacific's steamships. Some of the vessels constructed by the Polson Iron Works remain in service today. They include SS Bigwin, PS Trillium and MV Kwasind."@en . . "Polson Iron Works in Toronto, 1916"@en . . . . . . "8721"^^ . . . . "Polson Iron Works Limited"@en . . . "Franklin Bates Polson"@en . . . . . . . . . "William Polson"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .