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Old Jam Tower

The tower overlooks Cadboro Bay at Sinclair and Haro streets. It was originally built around 1910 as a water tower for Hamsterely Farm. Owners Algernon and Letitia Pease added a steam boiler and two kettles to turn it into a jam and candy factory. Their flowers and produce also sold very well and the Pease family decided to plant more tomatoes and strawberries, produce butter and cream, and dress rabbits and chickens for the market. After being condemned and then turned into a stable, the tower and property became part of UVic in the late 1960s.

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