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Southworks Outlets & Antiques 64 Grand Avenue South, Cambridge http://www.southworks.ca/Southworks Outlet Mall is named after the South Works of Babcock & Wilcox. Dumfries Foundry, is the forerunner of B & W, and was founded in 1844 by James Andrews and James Crombie. The foundry was located on a site which is commonly thought to be where the Cambridge Bus Depot is now located.
Bacock & Wilcox continued at the South Works site until the building was sold in 1987. Today there are still many traces of antique machinery around the property. Two overhead cranes in the Mill building are capable of lifting 25 and 40 tons respectively. A line shaft of old wooden reels is still attached to the ceiling in Cambridge Towels Mill Outlet. Keep your eyes posted for other artifacts as you shop in these old buildings.
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