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Sawmill Steam Powered 1868 - Steam Era Milton

The portable sawmill made it possible to clear vast areas of Canadian forests / woodland. Ripping logs into lumber with steam power using a Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd. sawmill manufactured in Brantford, Ontario in 1868 and named a 'Pony Saw Mill'. Arguably no country in the world benefited more by steam power than Canada, this portable saw mill illustrates just that. This saw mill is powered by a Nichols Sheppard Co. Battle Creek Michigan steam engine. The Pony Saw Mill was recorded in operation at the Steam Era Show in Milton, Ontario on Sept. 6, 2015. This maker of woodworking machinery began in 1844 when Philip Cady Van Brocklin opened a factory, P. C. Van Brocklin, in Brantford to make plows and stoves. Van Brocklin, originally from New England and trained as a moulder, moved to Normandale, Ontario in the early 1830s to work in an iron foundry there. In 1848 Van Brocklin was joined by another immigrant from the USA, Charles Horatio Waterous, who brought considerable skill as a machine designer; Waterous took a one-fourth interest in the business and they operated as P. C. Van Brocklin & Co. Within a couple of years Waterous decided that they should make steam engines. He used his American contacts to hire additional millwrights and machinists, including one Thomas W. Hall, who had worked with Waterous at a short-lived predecessor to Shepard Iron Works in Buffalo. Despite not having the benefit of planer or shaper, Van Brocklin & Co. managed to produce a 25 horsepower direct-action engine to power the Van Brocklin & Mead sawmill. This success led to additional orders and the firm invested in machinery to manufacture steam engines. In 1857 Van Brocklin sold his interest in the firm to Waterous and three new partners—Joseph Ganson, Franklin P. Goold, and Adolphus P. Bennett—and the business name changed to Ganson, Waterous & Co.. In 1864 Waterous bought out the last of the partners—Goold—and added a new partner, George H. Wilkes. They renamed the firm to C. H. Waterous & Co., a name that stuck until 1874 when the business converted to a stock company with the name Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. In 1877, Wilkes sold his share to Waterous and his family. That same year, the firm bought the rights to manufacture the David June "Champion" engines in Canada. David June also happened to be C. H. Waterous's brother in law. By this time, the business was very successful. Their product line included woodworking machinery, steam engines, fire engines, fire hydrants, pumps, and related products. The company had a plant in Winnipeg, MB, which in 1886 relocated to St. Paul, MN, specializing in fire-fighting equipment and fire hydrants. Our best guess is that woodworking machinery was only ever made in Brantford. Later History In 1895 the Brantford operations moved to a large new plant, which was further expanded over the ensuing years. In 1926 the company name was shortened to Waterous, Ltd. By this time the company was starting to develop a successful line of machinery for the pulp and paper industry, which helped replace the now-defunct business for steam engines. The woodworking machinery business was long gone by this time. In 1953 the Brantford business was purchased by the Koehring Co. of Milwaukee, and was renamed to Koehring-Waterous Ltd. (The St. Paul operations, makers of firefighting equipment, continued as the Waterous Co.) The product line was further expanded to include construction equipment—excavators, cranes, rollers, etc.—and concrete batching and mixing equipment. In 1964 the foundry operations were discontinued and replaced with a plant for metal forming and welding. By 1992 the business was the Koehring-Waterous Division of Timberjack, Inc. We have not found any information on the dissolution of Koehring-Waterous, but the business closed sometime between 1996 and the present. source: vintagemachinery.org This saw is owned and operated by George and Marice Rutherford Ayr and Rick McCoy Seffield. video: Stephen Smith reporter: Ilona Kauremszky   / mycompasstv   http://www.mycompass.ca mycompasstv ~ travel + arts + lifestyle