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Waterous Brantford Limited photographs [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

ca 1880s-1926.

Reference:

R5500-910-1-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

156785

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

Waterous Brantford Limited photographs
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Series includes:

287 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

ca 1880s-1926.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album: 176 prints, cyanotype
115 photographs: b&w; glass plate negatives
x prints: b&w
x photographs: b&w;nitrate negatives

Language of material:

English
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Andrew Merrilees collection [graphic material]

Andrew Merrilees collection [graphic material]
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The series has the following material:

One alum of 176 cyanotype prints of boilers and the boiler shop at Waterous Brantford Ltd (now Waterous Engine Works Co), ca. 1900-1926. Included are copies of tables and letters regarding the manufacture and sale of these boilers.

Also 115 glass plate negatives with various views of Waterous products in operation. Additional numbers of nitrate negatives, some copies of the glass plate negatives.

Miscellaneous loose prints are various views related to Waterous Brantford Ltd.

There are numerous original envelopes (now considered finding aids) for the glass plates which provide additional information.
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Associated name: Waterous Engine Works Co

Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd

Waterous, Charles Horatio
Biography/Administrative history:

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Waterous Engine Works Co : The Waterous Engine Works was a famous Canadian farm and road engine builder. It made farm, road rollers and steam pumper fire equipment. It also made factory steam engines and marine engines. Many of their engines survive to this day in museums.

Founder C.H. Waterous was a machinist who apprenticed and ran a few firms. He eventually set up C. H. Waterous and Co in 1864 and it built a factory in Brantford, Ontario.

Using designs from Ohioan engine maker D. June, Waterous built the Champion line of steam portable engines. These were quite successful and thousands were constructed.

Later, the twin sons of the founder moved west to Winnipeg and set up a factory. They later moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, and established a branch of the Waterous name there in 1884. It made fire hydrants and fire equipment. This branch of the company is still in business.

Source: Wikipedia.

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General note:

Other photographs of Waterous Brantford can be found in the following series MIKAN 616973.

Related material:

See also at Ingenium Archives (Museum of Science and Technology) the Roy Belshaw Waterous Collection: https://documents.techno-science.ca/documents/CSTM-RoyBelshawWaterousCollection-2018-07-05.pdf.

Link to related resource:

Further information about he company can be found here: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1393&tab=0
and here:
https://www.waterousco.com/international/ITALY/Our-Company/history.html
and here:
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/waterous_charles_horatio_12E.html
and here: https://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/waterous-engine-works-co-ltd
Subject heading:

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Farm equipment

Steam-engines

Fire Engines

Steam Roller

steam pumpers

steam traction engine
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1978-216 NPC
1980-149 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW A. 1980-149 06574.1] 06574.1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW A. 1980-149 06575.1] 06575.1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW A. 1980-149] 6575

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW 1980-149 B-9] B-9

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW A. 1980-149 RV7 085] RV7 085

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW A. 1980-149 RV7 096] RV7 096

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired.
Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / copy negative number

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