Industrial
Senator Skead's mill by Westboro Beach was the first industrial development in the neighbourhood.  It was built in 1869, and was the result of the opening of the Canada Central Railway in Sept. 1870 which greatly facilitated the transportation of the lumber, shingles and lath.

(5) In 1911, M.N. Cummings planning mill at the northeast corner of Scott and Churchill was opened.  It remained open until the 1950s.  A housing complex was developed on the site in the late '80s - early '90s.

(6) In 1920, Independent Coal & Lumber, a planing mill, sash and door factory, coal, fuel oil was opened.  It remained open until the 1970s.

Westboro Newspapers (page 240, The City Beyond)