Elmira Agricultural Works - History

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Elmira Agricultural Works
Elmira, ON, Canada
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: May 18 2023 8:21PM by Jeff_Joslin
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In 1907 the Elmira Agricultural Works Co., Ltd. was making an excelsior (wood-fiber) machine. In 1918 the same machine was being manufactured by the Elmira Machinery and Transmission Co., also in Elmira, Ontario.

From June 1907 Canada Lumberman and Woodworker

Information Sources

The 1902 edition of Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario includes a list of company charters issued during 1901, including "Elmira Agricultural Works Company, Limited", with a capital of $40,000.
Ad in June 1906 Canada Lumberman and Woodworker.
A 1910 edition of Canadian Engineer has the following snippet.
The name of the Elmira Agricultural Works Co., Limited, is changed to the Elmira Machinery and Transmission Co., Limited.

Canadian Industry, Commerce and Finance

July 1918 Mill Supplies.
Elmira Machinery & Transmission Co., Church street, Elmira, Ont., is building an addition to its plant to cost $60,000. E. Vice is manager.
The 1918 edition of Penton's Foundry List lists Elmira Machinery & Transmission Co., Ltd., as having a foundry that can handle grey iron, brass, and aluminum, and has both pattern shop and machine shop.
The 1921 edition of the EMF Electrical Yearbook lists Elmira Machinery & Transmission Co., Ltd., Elmira, Ont., as a "Manufacturer of power transmission machinery" including speed-reduction gearing and shaft hangers.
The Waterloo Public Library has a 1910 catalog for the Waterloo Manufacturing Co. in its collection. The notes for that item read as follows.
The original foundry and machine shop was built in 1850 by Buehler, Booth and Company. Within ten years it was taken over by Jacob Bricker, his sons and E.W.B. Snider and called Bricker and Company. In 1888 the company amalgamated with Merner and Company of Waterloo and Elmira Agricultural Works and was renamed the Waterloo Manufacturing Company Limited, manufacturing threshing machines. Company still in existence in 2008.