Detail view of trellis at Massey Harris Park, 2017. Image by Emily Macrae.
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Resource ID
7291
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Emily Macrae
Date of Creation
14 September 2017
Keywords
Trees, Garden, Sky
Program Category
Tours
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Emily Macrae
Caption
Detail view of trellis at Massey Harris Park, 2017. Image by Emily Macrae.
Description
Massey Harris Park is named for the Massey-Harris (later Massey-Ferguson) Company, once the world’s largest maker of farm equipment. The company began in 1847, when Daniel Massey opened the Newcastle Foundry and Machine Manufactory in Newcastle, Ontario. Massey’s company began making some of the world’s first mechanical threshers, first by assembling parts from the United States and then by building their own.
Taken over and expanded by Daniel’s son, Hart Massey, the renamed Massey Manufacturing Company moved to Toronto in 1879, where it became one of the leading employers in the city. The massive collection of factories, occupied an 11 acre site with plant and head office at 915 King Street West. Massey expanded the company and began to sell its products internationally.
Hart Massey’s sons, Charles, Walter, Chester and Fred were closely involved in the business and eventually took over its operations. They were, however, the last generation of Masseys to run the company. Other members of the family went on to other accomplishments: Vincent Massey became Governor General of Canada, and Raymond Massey became a noted actor.
In 1953, the company merged with the Ferguson Company to become Massey-Harris-Ferguson, before finally taking on its current name of Massey Ferguson in 1958.
The head office of Massey Harris was converted to loft condominiums in 2003.