Visiting Quebec City last week, we happened upon this gorgeous old safe at the entrance of the restaurant Alphonse.
J & J Taylor set up shop near the waterfront in Toronto as a foundry in 1855, making castings of all sizes for machinery and hardware for buildings, boats and safes. They soon were manufacturing complete safes. The safes were fire and theftproof and they pretty much had a monopoly in the business that lasted well into the 20th century. This led to expansions in 1867, 1876 and 1883. By this time the Taylor family had left but the company continued to grow. When the railway arrived in Toronto it routed right past the factory, making shipping more convenient.
In the mid 1950s, they acquired Dominion Locks and in1959 Taylor Safe was acquired by the Mosler Safe of Hamilton, Ohio.
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