If you had told Susan Amos three years ago that she would end up writing the book on the Sackville foundries, she would not have believed you.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have said, what exactly is a foundry?\u201d says Amos with a laugh. \u201cBut I ended up doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amos is launching Foundries of Sackville, NB<\/em><\/strong> this Saturday with a slide presentation and talk at town hall at 2 p.m. The book is already available for purchase through the Tantramar Heritage Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n Part of Amos\u2019s inspiration for documenting the foundries was her family connection: a great uncle was hired by Charles Fawcett in the early 1900s as a designer for the foundry. And when she found out there were no books published on the town\u2019s manufacturing stalwarts, she decided to get to work.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were a major employer in our town for years,\u201d says Amos. \u201cEight generations of employees, thousands and thousands of workers, and no books. So I wanted to have a book so that we don\u2019t lose this part of our heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n The publication of Foundries of Sackville is timed to coincide with celebrations this year of the 170th anniversary of the Fawcett Foundry and the 150th anniversary of the Enterprise Foundry.<\/p>\n Listen to Susan Amos talk foundries on Tantramar Report:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n