A.M. Della Torre
Title
A.M. Della Torre
A.D. Della Torre
Della Torre & Co.
Della Torre & Rayner
Type
Company
Active From
1821
Active Until
1871
Location
1840s - 146 Granville St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
1871 - 131 and 152 Granville Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Product Areas
Nautical Instruments
Activities
Supplying, retailing, importing
Timeline
1821 – Active (Brooks, 51)
1840s – Located at 146 Granville St., Halifax, NS.
1844 – Branch started in Saint John, NB (A.D. Della Torre)
1864 – Advertised: “musical, nautical and mathematical instruments from the first makers” (Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory (1864): 738)
1867 – A.D. Della Torre dies November 2, 1867 in Como, Italy (Trudel)
1871 – Company located at 131 and 152 Granville Street, Halifax, NS. (Trudel)
1840s – Located at 146 Granville St., Halifax, NS.
1844 – Branch started in Saint John, NB (A.D. Della Torre)
1864 – Advertised: “musical, nautical and mathematical instruments from the first makers” (Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory (1864): 738)
1867 – A.D. Della Torre dies November 2, 1867 in Como, Italy (Trudel)
1871 – Company located at 131 and 152 Granville Street, Halifax, NS. (Trudel)
Sources
Brooks, R.C. "Nautical Instrument-Makers in Atlantic Canada" Nova Scotia Historical Review Vol. 6 (1986): 36-54
Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory 1864-65: 738
Trudel, J.-L., Precision instrument maker research notes, Ingenium Research Institute (Ottawa, ON)
Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory 1864-65: 738
Trudel, J.-L., Precision instrument maker research notes, Ingenium Research Institute (Ottawa, ON)
Collection
Citation
“A.M. Della Torre,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed December 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/67.
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