. Canadian foundryman (1921). ttern vault. A new of-fice was also built. The melting equipment of the plantconsists of forced draught reverbera-tory furnaces all connected to one chim-ney. The power for driving the plantis electricity, produced by their ownsteam plant which derives its heat from W. H. Burgess is Vice-President andGeneral Manager. THE CANADA MACHINERYCORPORATION The Canada Machinery Corporation,Gait, Ont., whose works are here shown,are operating what is really more of amachine shop than a foundry, but theirfoundry department is one of the mostmodern on the continent. The site
. Canadian foundryman (1921). ttern vault. A new of-fice was also built. The melting equipment of the plantconsists of forced draught reverbera-tory furnaces all connected to one chim-ney. The power for driving the plantis electricity, produced by their ownsteam plant which derives its heat from W. H. Burgess is Vice-President andGeneral Manager. THE CANADA MACHINERYCORPORATION The Canada Machinery Corporation,Gait, Ont., whose works are here shown,are operating what is really more of amachine shop than a foundry, but theirfoundry department is one of the mostmodern on the continent. The site onwhich it is built is ideal for a foundrydoing the class of work done here. Theland at the rear is at quite an elevationabove that at the front, and the citystreet runs in front while the GrandTrunk tracks are at the rear on thehigh level. The foundry is built in theside of this hill so as to have the charg-ing floor of the cupola on a level withthe railroad track and the foundry flooron a level with the street. All the coke. The International Malleable Iron Company, Guelph, Ont. One of Canadas many foundries of recent birth. INTERNATIONAL MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY The International Malleable Iron Co.,Limited, Guelph, Ont., is an institutionof which Canada may well be proud. Thisis an offspring of the Illinois MalleableIron Co. and has been in operation since1913. It was not a small plant to be-gin with but it was much smaller thantoday. Each year has seen additionsand improvements added until it is atpresent one of the most complete malle-able iron foundries on the continent. In July, 1913, this newly organizedCanadian Corporation began operationson what had previously been a vacantfield on the outskirts of the city ofGuelph. Now that entire district is cov-ered with foundries and factories of dif-ferent kinds. The original buildings in-cluded a foundry department four hund-red and fifty feet in length; a two storybuilding which housed the machine shopon the first floor and the
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