Community Waterfront Heritage Centre - William Kennedy & Sons/Black Clawson Kennedy Whistle "There She Blows"

In the 1940/1941 time period a steam ship whistle was installed at William Kennedy and Sons. It sounded multiple times throughout the day signaling critical times such as warning that a shift was ending soon or to mark the lunch break or the end of a shift. It was powered by steam and later by gas. It had a reputation for being exact and the general community as well as the factory workers referenced it as a marker of time in their day. It is reported that the whistle was last heard in 1992. The company closed in 1997 and the factory was demolished. Today the land lies empty but on the other side of the street from this block of derelict property stands the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre. On June 26, 2002 the whistle sounded once again, this time from its new home, the roof top of the Heritage Centre.