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mechman
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Post Number: 104
Registered: 10-2003


Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 08:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Goodday all I'm seeking any information on this co. --they were later know as the mcLachlan gas engine co. & their letterhead states they made stationary & launch engines.they were in business from the late 1890's untill about 1906. ANY help is appreciated. Larry Healey
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richarddurgee
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Post Number: 789
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Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Larry

Is there an address on the letterhead ?
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mechman
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Post Number: 105
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Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 01:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Goodday Richard They were incorperated in 1899--99 to 1901 address was 94 Adilaide St. W.--in 1902 --115 Bay St, 1903-1905 201 Queen St. E.--1906-7 Swansea -(village W. of Toronto at that time)--nothing after that time. Note! the name was changed to McLachlan gasoline engine Co. in 1902 "All the
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richarddurgee
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Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 01:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Larry
My notes have 11 Marine engine mfgrs in Toronto some of them very early (prior to 1910)and I dont have a street address for each yet, but none of the addresses that are listed correspond with those you mentioned. The closest is in 1906 Acme Mfg Co. Ltd was at 230 King Street about 1 block away from McLachlan on Queen street at the time !
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mechman
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Post Number: 106
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Posted on Friday, July 01, 2005 - 02:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Goodday again here are photos of the engine that I just bought--It could be made as a marine engine very easily by removing the base & drilling out the bosses on the cylinder for a piston pump
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andrew
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Post Number: 1164
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Posted on Friday, July 01, 2005 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Here are Larry's pictures:

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Canadian Gas Power and Launch:

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abm
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 04:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just a thought but I wonder if there isn't a connection between this company and the McLachlan Motor Company founded in Canada which was later to become Buick.

You might want to check with Garth Wilson who is the curator at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. He has access to many historical catalogs of the era.

Cheers
Dave Richardson
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Dick G.
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Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 04:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Little different spelling, I have a 1923 McLaughlin Buick touring car.
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mechman
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Post Number: 107
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Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 07:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Goodday again Thanks for your input--I have checked with the Federal archives,the Provincial Archives & the Museum of science & technology & none of them have anything on this company (with the exception of the Provincial archives which has the corporate yearly company statements of business from which I was fortunate to obtain a copy of their letterhead with a drawing of the engine)--any & all ideas are welcome! "All the best" Larry
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greg
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Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 03:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

my grandmothers cousin was the founder of Mclaughlin.

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