The Cockshut Plant News, a series of monthly news publications issued by The Cockshutt Plow Company Limited, and its subsidiary the Cockshutt Moulded Aircraft Ltd, during the years of the Second World War. These newsletters are an extraordinary chronicle of the people that worked in the factories of Cockshutt, their dedication to the war effort, their correspondence with employees who left the company to join the armed forces, and many things in their daily lives that we have largely forgotten: Ration Books, Victory Bonds, the number of “girls” who moved from the East Coast to become wartime workers, and many more. We have completed our work on The Cockshutt Plant News – A Wartime Chronicle - Volume 2 – 1943, and are publishing the 12 issues in a single bound volume at the full size at which they were originally issued. We have added a comprehensive alphabetical index of 2,900 names mentioned in the 12 issues, - including 331 men and women identified as part of the Brantford Cockshutt “family” in the armed services; a special “Honour Roll” listing those men who died, were wounded, who went missing, or became a prisoner of war; and a “Topical Index” of interesting articles.

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If you are interested in Cockshutt you will want to add this excellent book to your library. Covers complete detailed information on products they manufactured including tractors, machinery, plows, mowers, wagons, grain binders, combines, truck bodies, semis, trailers and much more. It is the definitive history of the Cockshutt Co. covering the 85 years of quality manufacturing of machinery and tractors.

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From Wagon to Trailer
A History of Trailmobile Canada and its Forerunners

A Book by Mike Hand
From Wagon to Trailer
Read this fascinating account of how most of the major carriage and wagon manufacturers in Ontario merged and, with the help of Cockshutt Plow Company, evolved out of the pre-automobile era.

Follow the story of Adams Waggon, Brantford Carriage, Carriage Factories and others as they diversified out of building horse drawn vehicles and through mergers eventually became Brantford Coach and Body. Further takeovers involved Trailmobile and Fruehauf Trailer until the final company became the largest trailer manufacturer in Canada.

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Iron, Steam and Wood

A Book by Mike Hand
Iron, Steam and Wood

This corporate history tells how the Waterous Engine Works company supplied machinery to fuel the development and growth of the country.
216 pages, with over 150 illustrations.

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A City's Industrial Heritage

A Book by Mike Hand
A City's Industrial Heritage  The growth and demise of fifteen major manufacturers
in Brantford, Ontario

As the twentieth century dawned, Brantford was the third largest industrial centre in Canada. It's industries employed thousands and shipped products to the far corners of the world, some of them becoming well known names - Cockshutt, Massey Harris, Waterous.

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Steam Engines & Threshers

A Book by Mike Hand
Steam Engines & Threshers  An historical look at manufacturers in this industry in Southern Ontario

In this book, the author traces the life of twelve major manufacturers of steam engines and threshers as the hard work of farming gradually becomes more tolerable thanks to the development of mechanisation. Even though Southern Ontario was the home of the three major manufacturers of farm equipment in Canada during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Massey Harris, Cockshutt Plow and International Harvester of Canada, none of these companies built threshing machines or steam traction engines.

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Where Did They Go

A Book by Mike Hand
Where Did They Go  A look at several Southern Ontario industries
that once were the local community mainstay

In this book, the author follows the growth and disappearance of seven manufacturing companies in several different industries. Each was an important factor in the life of their community.
The enteprenours that founded and built them were all men who had to start with virtually nothing but their determination and skills. They all became well known names in their field, most with products that still show up in valued collections.

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First in the Field 130th Anniversary Edition,

Collectors 5 Disc-DVD set of old industrial films made for the Cockshutt Plow Company, of Brantford, ON. This is the second set in our series, and we are very excited about our launch. There are 5 hours of viewing pleasure, see the introduction of the 'Tiller Combine" and plowing matches from the 1920's, take a tour of the Factory when it was in its hey day, 1947 and watch how the seed drills and boxes were manufactured from the foundry to the shipping train. Includes 3 full length feature films, The Long Furrow, That Man May Live, and Together We Serve. See how the women worked in the factory to build airplane parts for the Mosquito and Lancaster Bombers.

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