1856 – Daniel C. Gunn engine shop on Wellington Street North, Hamilton, Ontario, produces first Canadian-built locomotives. 1857 – Desjardins Canal disaster – 57 passengers were killed when a train derailed near the Desjardins Canal. 1857 – When the Great Western railroad made the present opening for the Desjardins Canal, the bones of a mammoth were found. 1858 – The Hamilton Times newspaper begins publishing 9 January 1858. The newspaper lasts until 1920. 1858 – Last man imprisoned here for debt. 1859 – Mayor elected by the people. Henry McKinstry first elected mayor. 1859 – Last public execution. 1860–1869 1860 – First tap water in the city. 1860 – The Crystal Palace opened up at Victoria Park 20 September 1860. It was home to the area's largest fall fair for many years. The local Hamilton Herald newspaper was quoted as saying on 22 September 1890, "The Carnival of Venice, The Paris Exposition or the World's Fair in Chicago will be nowhere tomorrow when the great Central Fair is opened at the Crystal Palace Grounds in this city." The structure was demolished in 1891. 1860 – First railway sleeping car built in Hamilton. 1862 – The city had invested in the Great Western Railway (Ontario) but the government of Canada favoured the rival Grand Trunk Railway. Also the end of the Depression (1857–1862) and population dips downwards in Hamilton and the city could not meet the interest on its bonds, many of which were held by British investors. To save the city from its creditors temporarily, Thomas Beasley removes the assessment rolls, thus preventing a levy of special tax. Foundries and machine shops associated with the Great Western Railway failed and several established wholesalers closed their accounts. Daniel C. Gunn's locomotive works went bankrupt, but the manufacturers of farm implements and stoves-the mainstays of iron foundries – were able to weather the crisis. Those owned by Dennis Moore and the Copp brothers endured, but their employees suffered wage cuts and layoffs. Canadian patent laws and the underemployed workers skilled in machinist trades lured an important new industrial enterprise from the U.S.A. – the manufacture of sewing machines by Richard Wanzer. From this development there evolved the ready-made clothing industry, which William Eli Sanford introduced locally. From judicial village to commercial town to railway centre, Hamilton moves to an ever-stronger dependency on industry. 1862 – Isaac Buchanan who was the 1st Commanding