Lufkin Rule Co. of Canada

Example Artifact

Company

1907-01-01

1967-01-01

673 Caron Ave., Windsor, ON (1907-)

Measurement

Rules

Manufacturing

Subsidiary of: The Lufkin Company, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

- 1907 – The Lufkin Company, centred in Saginaw, Michigan, founds a plant in Windsor, ON at 673 Caron Ave., Windsor, ON. (“We used to make things in this country. #20”; “Lufkin Rule building”)

- 1948 – The company moves its manufacturing facility to Barrie, ON. (“We used to make things in this country. #20”)

- 1951 – The Lufkin Company is active, and advertising precision measuring tools. Has US sites in Saginaw, Michigan and New York City, NY, and Canadian factory in Barrie, ON. (“Precision Makes Perfect”)

- 1963 – The company begins to export. (“We used to make things in this country. #20”)

- 1967 – The Lufkin Company is acquired by Cooper Industries. (“We used to make things in this country. #20”)

Pearson, Craig. “Lufkin Rule building could be next heritage structure to fall” Windsor Star April 19, 2017, Updated April 20, 2017 (https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/lufkin-rule-building-could-be-next-heritage-structure-to-fall)

“Precision Makes Perfect” Popular Mechanics (February 1951)

van Wyngaarden, Gerald. “We used to make things in this country. #20: The Lufkin Rule Company of Canada, Ltd., Barrie, Ontario” Process is fine, but it’s gone on far too long. April 10, 2013 (http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2013/04/we-used-to-make-things-in-this-country_10.html) [25-07-24]