The Huron Expositor, 1962-10-18, Page 7•
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Since pioneer times a source
of gravel for district 'building
and roads, stone and gravel de-
posits at lot 22, concession 2,
McKillop, have gained new im-
portance with the introduction
of modern machinery. Today
the Frank Kling Ltd, plant pro-
duces washed stone and gravel
at the rate of 60 tons an hour.
During the many years in
which the farm has produced
gravel, the total probably has
not equalled.. the production of
the - past two years. Until
power -driven equipment was in-
troduced, gravel, to a great ex-
tent, was shovelled by hand on-
to horse-drawn wagons. Today,
multi -wheeled trucks carry loads
equivalent to 25 of the wagons
in use 30 years ago.
Crushing and loading gravel
used to be a dangerous and
backbreaking task, and acci-
dents were frequent. A recent
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owner, George Aberhart, died
in 1948 following injuries he
received in an accident in the
pits.
Today, material is handled
mechanically. Large shovels
stationed in the pit load trucks
which carry the stone to a hop-
per at the crusher site. Here
fine material drops through a
grating onto a moying belt and
into a secondary crusher. Large
stones go first to a primary
crusher and the broken pieces
are fed onto a belt and into
the second crusher.
From here the material is
carried by conveyor to the wash-
ing process, on the way being
screened and separated into
sand and stone of various siz-
es. After washing the, the
material is again carried to
pins for direct loading into
trucks. Unwashed crushed
stone is taken off the conveyor
at an earlier stage and loaded
directly into separate bins.
Continuous Process
The crushing and ' washing
process is continuous and pro-
duces finished stone at .the rate
of a ton a minute. The washing
process requires a steady sup-
ply of water, which is supplied
from a 10 -inch well drilled last
year by William Hopper & Sons,
which produces no gallons a
BEST WISHES TO
HURON CONCRETE LTD.
We at St. Marys Cement are proud/ to be
suppliers to this well- known firm, and to
play a part in providing to their new service
to the Seaforth district.
T. MARYS CEMENT. CO. 'LW
2221 Yonge Si.. -- TORONTO
MILLSAT ST. MARYS, ONTARIO
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Minute.
Stone and sand is delivered
by trucks of varying capacities,
which are loaded by gravity
from storage hoppers. As the
loaded trucks leave, they are
weighed on platform scales
that automatically print the
weight of the load. The scales
_fifty feet in length—weigh
loads up to 50 tons.
Aggregates from the F. Kling
Ltd. pits are used in increasing
quantities for concrete require-
ments and for asphalt road con-
struction over a wide area.
Cleared in 1850
Site of the present pits was
cleared as a farm by Robert
Turnbull, who came to McKik
lop from Scotland in 1850. Re-
membering his native commun-
ity, he called his new home
Dunipace, a name which it car-
ried for many years. Following
his death, the farm continue
in the Turnbull family until his
son, George Turnbull, sold it in
the early 20's to George Aber -
hart. It was purchased in 1959
by Frank Kling Ltd. from Henry
Lawrence.
While the deposits on the pro-
perty were always regarded as
a source of gravel and sand,
the pits were not operated com-
mercially to any extent before
the turn of the century. George
Tprnbull is' recalled having- ex-
pressed opposition to any wide-
scale gravel operations. "It is
like selling your farm by - the
load," he remarked.
Gather For
'25th Anniversary
Wedding attendants of 25
years ago returned to celebrate
the silver anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs, Eldon O'Brien, of Clin-
ton. The celebrants were en-
tertained by their daughters,
Jean and Donna Marie, to a
turkey banquet held at their
home.
Mrs. O'Brien, the former
Mary Duffy, is the daughter of
Mrs. William Duffy and the late
Mr. Duffy, and Mr. O'Brien is
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. O'Brien, of Clinton.
They were married on October
11, 1937, in St. Columban Rom-
an Catholic Church by the late
Rev. Father Dantzer, and have
made their home on the family
farm in Tuckersmith Township.
They have a family of three
sons and four daughters: Fran-
cis, of North Vancouver; Mrs.
W. C. Lewin (Diane), of Dart-
mouth, Nova Scotia; and Lionel,
Jean, Donna, Marie, Basil and
Margaret, at home.
Guests were 'present from
Stratford, St. Columban, Wal-
ton„ Drysdale,. Clinton and To-
ronto.
Huron Farm News
A large ,number of white
beans remain unharvested due
to showery weather. Silo filling
is progressing well. Grain •corn
harvest is barely started, with
corn retaining a high moisture
content.
Lecturer (to village hall 'audi-
ence): "Now we all know ,what
a molecule Is."
Chairman: "Most of us do,
but perhaps you had better ex.
plain for the benefit of those
who have never been up in
one."
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CONGRATULATIONS
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FRANK KLING in.
on their complete gravel
and stone facilities.'
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TIRES - RETREADING
Service on the. Road and on
the Farm
Phone HU 2-7681 - CLINTON
FRANK KLING LTD.
SE AFORTH, ONTARIO
CANADA 1.11411171ECV
AARBIERGREENE ROAD, DON .MILLS. ONTARIO
CONGRATULATIONS
to
FRANK KLING LTD.
on the provision of complete
facilities for all types of
Washed Crushed Stone and
Gravel.
We were pleased to supply
motors and controls for
equipment installed at the
pit '
Canadian General
Electric Company
Limited