Ferranti Canada Ltd.
Title
Ferranti Canada Ltd.
Ferranti Meter & Transformer Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Type
Company
Subject
| Image | Name | Function |
|---|---|---|
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Drive, tape | AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR... |
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Computer | A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS MEDIUM... |
| Relay unit | nan | |
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Reader, tape | A DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER... |
| Computer | A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS MEDIUM... | |
| Computer | A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS MEDIUM... |
Begin Date
1912-01-01
End Date
1958-01-01
Location
Noble Street, Toronto, ON (1924)
Industry Street, Toronto, ON (1949-)
Product Areas
Electrical
Activities
Importing
Manufacturing
Supplying
Timeline
- 1912 – “Ferranti Electric Co. of Canada Ltd. formed in Toronto, Ontario, by Ferranti Ltd. in England, from an agency created by the Royce family to sell Ferranti meters.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1915 – Ferranti sales branch in Canada begins manufacturing and designing small transformers (Ball & Vardalas, 84-96, 313)
- 1922 – Ashton Bert Cooper appointed general manager of Ferranti Canada, Toronto. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1923, July – Ferranti advertising in Canada as Ferranti Meter and Transformer Mfg. Co. Ltd. ("Ferranti Transformers")
- 1924 – “Ferranti Canada plant on Noble Street, Toronto, extended to increase transformer manufacturing capability.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1926 – Ferranti begins manufacturing radios, under electrical engineer John Thompson. Or, at least it has a Radio Laboratory—bit confusing. (Ball & Vardalas, 96-99)
- January 13, 1930 – S.Z. Ferranti dies. (Ball & Vardalas, 103)
- 1930 – New Ferranti factory opens in “The Township of York” in Mount Dennis (i.e. northwest Toronto) with funding from British Ferranti. (Ball & Vardalas,102-103, 105, 313)
- 1933 – Radio department phased out (Ball & Vardalas, 105)
- 1936 – Acquired Solus X-Ray Co. (Ball & Vardalas, 115)
- 1944 – Canadian Westinghouse distributing Ferranti X-Rays (Ball & Vardalas, 116)
- 1949 – “The Electronics Research Daprtment, under Kenyon Taylor, set up at Ferranti Canada’s site on Industry Street, Toronto.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1950 – “Dr. Arthur Porter comes from England to be head of the Research Department at Ferranti Canada.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1955 – “The Electronics Department created at Ferranti Canada in Toronto; computer manufacturing begins.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1956 – “Ferranti, Canada… opens new facility at its Industry Street plant for the manufacture of very large power transformers.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1958 – “Ferranti-Packard Ltd. was the Canadian division of Ferranti's global manufacturing empire, formed by the 1958 merger of Ferranti Electric and Packard Electric.” (Wikipedia "Ferranti-Packard")
- 1915 – Ferranti sales branch in Canada begins manufacturing and designing small transformers (Ball & Vardalas, 84-96, 313)
- 1922 – Ashton Bert Cooper appointed general manager of Ferranti Canada, Toronto. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1923, July – Ferranti advertising in Canada as Ferranti Meter and Transformer Mfg. Co. Ltd. ("Ferranti Transformers")
- 1924 – “Ferranti Canada plant on Noble Street, Toronto, extended to increase transformer manufacturing capability.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1926 – Ferranti begins manufacturing radios, under electrical engineer John Thompson. Or, at least it has a Radio Laboratory—bit confusing. (Ball & Vardalas, 96-99)
- January 13, 1930 – S.Z. Ferranti dies. (Ball & Vardalas, 103)
- 1930 – New Ferranti factory opens in “The Township of York” in Mount Dennis (i.e. northwest Toronto) with funding from British Ferranti. (Ball & Vardalas,102-103, 105, 313)
- 1933 – Radio department phased out (Ball & Vardalas, 105)
- 1936 – Acquired Solus X-Ray Co. (Ball & Vardalas, 115)
- 1944 – Canadian Westinghouse distributing Ferranti X-Rays (Ball & Vardalas, 116)
- 1949 – “The Electronics Research Daprtment, under Kenyon Taylor, set up at Ferranti Canada’s site on Industry Street, Toronto.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1950 – “Dr. Arthur Porter comes from England to be head of the Research Department at Ferranti Canada.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1955 – “The Electronics Department created at Ferranti Canada in Toronto; computer manufacturing begins.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1956 – “Ferranti, Canada… opens new facility at its Industry Street plant for the manufacture of very large power transformers.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1958 – “Ferranti-Packard Ltd. was the Canadian division of Ferranti's global manufacturing empire, formed by the 1958 merger of Ferranti Electric and Packard Electric.” (Wikipedia "Ferranti-Packard")
Sources
Ball, Norman “Norman Ball Ferranti-Packard Research Collection, 1877-1993, n.d.” Brock University Archives (http://hdl.handle.net/10464/17867)
Ball, Norman R., Vardalas, John N. Ferranti-Packard : pioneers in Canadian electrical manufacturing (McGill-Queen’s University Press,1994)
“Fonds F 4142 – Ferranti-Packard Limited fonds” Archives of Ontario CA ON00009 F 4142 (see: https://www.archeion.ca/ferranti-packard-limited-fonds)
“Ferranti Transformers” Electrical News XXXII No. 13 (July 1, 1923) (https://ia902209.us.archive.org/23/items/electricalnews1923/electricalnews1923.pdf): 19
"Ferranti-Packard" Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti-Packard) [10-07-24]
Ball, Norman R., Vardalas, John N. Ferranti-Packard : pioneers in Canadian electrical manufacturing (McGill-Queen’s University Press,1994)
“Fonds F 4142 – Ferranti-Packard Limited fonds” Archives of Ontario CA ON00009 F 4142 (see: https://www.archeion.ca/ferranti-packard-limited-fonds)
“Ferranti Transformers” Electrical News XXXII No. 13 (July 1, 1923) (https://ia902209.us.archive.org/23/items/electricalnews1923/electricalnews1923.pdf): 19
"Ferranti-Packard" Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti-Packard) [10-07-24]
Citation
“Ferranti Canada Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/1598.