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Machinery

Old yellow snowblower machine

Snowblower

The return of the open road. Of all the Canadian efforts to overcome the...

Black and white image of the first ski-doo

Ski-doo

The typo that became a sport. The end of World War Two dealt Armand...

Black and white image of the first dump truck

Dump Truck

The quick spill. Perhaps the greatest time-saver for the modern labourer is—of all things—the...

Elsie MacGill courtesy of Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation

Aircraft Mass Production

The queen of the hurricanes. Elsie MacGill’s life was one of firsts: the first...

Two metal circles with round metal balls in between (ball bearing)

Roller Bearing

The friction reducer. Canada’s greatest contribution to the design of modern machines is the...

electric range

Electric Range

The power cooker. Thomas Ahearn’s dinner guests were a contented lot that Ottawa evening...

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