Canada’s First Automatic Telephone Exchange

January 7, 2022 history by MikeHand

We use the telephone today almost as an extension of our right hand without a thought to what goes into it. Or the history of its development. Want to call to the other side of the world? Not a pause or a thought about the intricacies of long distance calls. It was not always
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The Champion Engine

March 4, 2020 1800s, engines, history, ontario by MikeHand

The Champion Engine In the mid 1880’s, David June of Ohio designed what turned out to be one of the most popular of the early threshing engines, the Champion steam engine. With a vertical boiler mounted between the two rear wheels, it was of a very simple design, although somewhat cumbersome in appearance. The centre
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Logos Before Political Correctness

March 4, 2020 1900s, history, marketing by MikeHand

Logos before Political Correctness The city of Brantford sits just across the River Grand in Southern Ontario from the extensive Six Nations Iroquois reserve, one of the largest first nations reserve in Canada. One of the major manufacturers in the city was the Brantford Coach and Body Ltd, one of Canada’s largest semi trailer manufacturers.
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Waterous Edmonton

October 20, 2015 1800s, history, industrial by MikeHand

The Winnipeg branch of the Brantford based Waterous Company opened in 1883 to market its products to the rapidly opening Western part of Canada was, by 1929, passed by the growth areas of the country. The action was now further west in the far Prairies and Alberta and it was decided to move their Western
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Canada’s First Automatic Telephone Exchange

The Champion Engine

Logos Before Political Correctness

Waterous Edmonton