Packard Electric Co.
Title
Packard Electric Co.
Type
Company
Subject
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES... |
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Meter, watt-hour | nan |
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Meter, watt-hour | USED TO MEASURE AND INDICATED THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMED IN... |
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Meter, watt-hour | USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL... |
Begin Date
1894-08-30
End Date
1958-01-01
Location
Toronto, ON (1894)
Neelon Grist Mill, 13 Race Street, St Catharines, ON (1895, 1933)
Queen Elizabeth Way, St Catharines, ON (1951-)
Trois-Rivières, QC (1957-)
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Product Areas
Electricity
Electronics
Activities
Designing
Manufacturing
Supplying
Importing
Timeline
- 1894, Aug 30. – Packard incorporated in Canada as US subsidiary of Packard Electric Co. of Warren, Ohio, USA, with “light-bulb manufacturing in Montreal and head office in Toronto. Four equal shareholders: J.W. Packard, W.D. Packard, J.H. Howry, and H.K. Howry.” (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1895 – Manufacturing and head office moved to St. Catharine’s Ontario, at Neelon Grist Mill (13 Race Street, St Catharines, ON). (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1896 – Transformer manufacturing begins at St Catharine’s plant (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1902 – Manufacturing Watt-hour meters at St Catharine’s plant. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1933 – Active at 13 Race Street, St Catharines, ON, manufacturing transformers. (“Electric Transformers 1933”)
- 1936 – Ferranti UK acquires 33% interest in Packard Electric (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1948 – Active, manufacturing watthour meters A, A2A and A2S in St Catherines, Ontario. (Standards Division May 1, 1948)
- 1951 – Packard Electric opens a new plant in St. Catharines, on Queen Elizabeth Way near the Welland Canal. Tom Edmonson becomes President. (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1954 – “Ferranti UK buys the remaining shares of Packard Electric to become its sole owner.” (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1957 – Packard opens a plant in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, manufacturing “pole-top distribution transformers and, later, watt-hour meter.” (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1958 – The company merges with Ferranti to form Ferranti-Packard Ltd. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1895 – Manufacturing and head office moved to St. Catharine’s Ontario, at Neelon Grist Mill (13 Race Street, St Catharines, ON). (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1896 – Transformer manufacturing begins at St Catharine’s plant (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1902 – Manufacturing Watt-hour meters at St Catharine’s plant. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1933 – Active at 13 Race Street, St Catharines, ON, manufacturing transformers. (“Electric Transformers 1933”)
- 1936 – Ferranti UK acquires 33% interest in Packard Electric (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
- 1948 – Active, manufacturing watthour meters A, A2A and A2S in St Catherines, Ontario. (Standards Division May 1, 1948)
- 1951 – Packard Electric opens a new plant in St. Catharines, on Queen Elizabeth Way near the Welland Canal. Tom Edmonson becomes President. (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1954 – “Ferranti UK buys the remaining shares of Packard Electric to become its sole owner.” (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1957 – Packard opens a plant in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, manufacturing “pole-top distribution transformers and, later, watt-hour meter.” (Ball & Vardalas, 314)
- 1958 – The company merges with Ferranti to form Ferranti-Packard Ltd. (Ball & Vardalas, 313)
Sources
Ball, Norman R., Vardalas, John N. Ferranti-Packard: pioneers in Canadian electrical manufacturing (McGill-Queens University Press, 1994)
Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics “Electric Transformers, 1933” Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Branch (Ottawa) (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/43-D-25/CS43-D-25-1933-eng.pdf) [18-07-24]
Memo Standards Division – Trade and Commerce Canada “Modification of Type Approval” (May 1, 1948); mentions watthour meters A, A2A and A2S.
Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics “Electric Transformers, 1933” Department of Trade and Commerce, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Branch (Ottawa) (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/43-D-25/CS43-D-25-1933-eng.pdf) [18-07-24]
Memo Standards Division – Trade and Commerce Canada “Modification of Type Approval” (May 1, 1948); mentions watthour meters A, A2A and A2S.
Citation
“Packard Electric Co.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/2423.