Russel Brothers Limited   OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO   Steelcraft Boat Builders Contents - drop down & click! HOMERussel Vessel ListingFamous Russel BoatsRussel Company HistoryR-H News and BrochuresLogging Boat OperationBoat Photo CollectionsBoat Designs & BlueprintsRussel Video InterviewInside Russel BrothersHull Number Index  Fort Frances Museum Collection Thanks to curator Pam Hawley for collecting and sending copies of these materials.   Newspaper Clippings Dec. 1925 Russel Brothers Limited Over eighteen years ago, two young men came to Fort Frances... June 30, 1937 Russel Brothers Will Leave Fort Frances About Aug. 15th Dec. 16, 1937 Russel Brothers Now Operating In New Home At Owen Sound date unknown, but c. 1961 Russel-Hipwell Splits Operations Jan. 31, 1962 Russel Brothers Staff Now More Than Double Total For Jan. 1961 Jan. 31, 1962 Federal Beaver Under Construction: 600 pix   1024 pix   600 DPI July 29, 1987 Boatbuilder Art Busch Still Active on Area History 1926 One Page Brochure Single or Three Drum Warping Tugs, 25 ft. Power Winch Boat, Campbell Marine Engines... 800 pixels   600 DPI Pre - 1937 Alligator   One of these has recently been found and is being restored for public display in Marten River Provincial Park 600 pixels   1024 pixels   600 DPI BOAT PAGE Art Busch   July 29, 1987 Article on Art Busch: Boatbuilder Art Busch Still Active on area history CLIPPING Busch Bill   Bill from Russel Brothers dated Dec. 26th, 1930 to Art Busch for a Fairbanks Morse Generator set. Christmas present? BILL Campbell Engine Poem The Campbell Marine Engine, is known throughout the earth, It has been a famous motor, since the first day of its birth... POEM Cedar Rapids   In a mid 1930's brochure, mention is made of a Russel boat setting a world record on the Cedar Rapids of the St. Lawrence River. This introductory letter also mentions this, but gives frustratingly few more details. BOAT PAGE Cordrey Retires   Undated clipping about the retirement of Russel stalwart Eric M. Cordrey, who later (1984) wrote a 6 page company history. 300 pixels wide CLIPPING 50th Anniversary   Banquet at the Paterson House, Owen Sound, 1957. 1000 pixels wide   600 DPI SCAN CLIPPING Employees & Rates   Hourly wage rates Feb. 22, 1941. DOCUMENT Employees & Rates   Hourly wage rates July 8, 1941 DOCUMENT Employees & Rates   Hourly wage rates Oct. 23, 1941. Includes 12 increases! DOCUMENT Factory Interior   Inside the Owen Sound boat shop likely late 1930's. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI PHOTO Federal Beaver   Federal Beaver under construction in 1962. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI CLIPPING Gears   Unidentified and undated photo of some sort of geared assembly. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI PHOTO Goki Stamp   Informative stamp on the back of a Russel factory photo of Goki in 1940. 500 pixels wide STAMP Lynn B.   1940 Lynn B. sea trials, Owen Sound, 1940. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI BOAT PAGE Lynn B.   1940 Lynn B. sea trials, Owen Sound, 1940. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI BOAT PAGE New Steelcraft Tug   Shows hull and cabin on separate flatcars ready for shipping. 600 pixels wide CLIPPING Radium Express   1939 ...on sea trials in an icy Owen Sound Bay, 1939. 600 pixels wide   1024 pixels wide   600 DPI BOAT PAGE Balance Sheet 1936   Aug. 31, 1936. $66,662.61. DOCUMENT Profit & Loss 1936   Aug. 31, 1936. Profit: $6,647.23; Deficit from previous year: $10,032.30 DOCUMENT Balance Sheet 1938   Sept. 30th, 1938. $104,622.56. DOCUMENT   Contents: drop down & click!HOMERussel Vessel ListingFamous Russel BoatsRussel Company HistoryR-H News and BrochuresLogging Boat OperationBoat Photo CollectionsBoat Designs & BlueprintsRussel Video InterviewInside Russel BrothersHull Number Index For more Russel exhibits visit Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum 1165 1st Ave West, Owen Sound, ON N4K 4K8 (519) 371-3333     http://marinerail.com