Franklin Bates Polson

[1] The President of the Lumber Company, John Bellamy Miller, became an investor in the Iron Works.

The Polson Iron Works first shipyard was in Toronto, south of The Esplanade, between Sherbourne and Frederick.

[1] In 1888 the firm opened a second shipyard, on Lake Huron, at Owen Sound, a small yet growing city, with a railway connection.

Tarte commissioned the first of a series of dredges to enhance navigation of the St Lawrence River.

[1] Although Polson had a bout of typhoid fever, his sudden death at a relatively young age was unexpected.