Sheet Metal - Table of Contents ..............Traditional Building Materials - Table of Contents ............... Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Sheet Metal
Building Material
The Pedlar People Catalog
Unsure about date of publication because title page
missing
TEXT Beneath Illustrations
Fronts. |
Finals, Terminals, Etc. |
Ornamental Shell Cresting |
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Ornamental Cresting |
Cornices |
Pediments |
Crosses, oriel windows |
Zinc Statues |
Metal clad residence |
Fire-proof Construction |
Metal siding |
Window and door caps |
Seminary Chapel, Quebec City |
Interior of Seminary Chapel, Quebec City |
Sheet Zinc Frieze |
Ornamental Friezes |
Capitals |
Metal Doors |
Steel Ceilings |
Side Wall Design |
Bas-relief Panels |
Beam Coverings |
Coves |
The long lasting sheet metal company, Pedlar People Ltd., was first established in 1861 by Henry Pedlar and was first located at the corner of Simcoe and Bond Sts. in Oshawa, Canada. In 1861 Henry Pedlar took the momentous step of making kitchen utensils in the back of his store, and this was the beginning of today's Sheet metal manufacturing company.
Henry Pedlar died only 11 years after creating the company. After his death, his son George H. Pedlar took over management. In 1892, the company moved to Simcoe and Metcalfe (where Memorial Park is located today) and converted an old stable into a small metal stamping plant. It was at this time when they became known as the Pedlar Metal Roofing Company and manufactured metal roofing, siding and ceilings.
By 1894, Pedlar claimed to be the "largest sheet metal factory in the British Empire" and to produce "the best metal roofing in the world." In 1911, they changed their name again to the Pedlar People Ltd. and two years later Walter R. Geikie took over as manager following the death of his father-in-law, G.H. Pedlar. -- Pedlar People Ltd., by Oshawa Community Museum and Archives