Cansfield Electrical Works

Title

Cansfield Electrical Works

Type

Company

Coverage

Toronto, ON

Active From

1921

Active Until

>1956

Location

1956 - 260 Geary Ave., Toronto, ON.

Product Areas

Electrical metrology

Activities

Designing, Manufacturing

Timeline

1917 – Paul Ackerman and Charles Ernest Cansfield are employed at the Toronto Power Co. Ltd. (US Patent 1269053A)

1921 – “[A] combined voltage and current relay using the resistance principle was proposed in 1920 by Ackerman, P. and implemented in 1921 by Cansfield Electrical Works, Toronto.” (Alam, M.M. “Impact of VSC-HVDC on Distance Protection”: 38)

c.1943 – Active and manufacturing parts for binnacles manufactured by (Ontario) Hughes Owens.

1956 – Active at 260 Geary Ave., Toronto. (“Electrical Apparatus and Supplies Industry, 1956”, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, pg A-33)

Sources

Alam, M.M. “Impact of VSC-HVDC on Distance Protection” (PhD Thesis, University of Porto, March 2018)

Contributing parts to: ONTARIO HUGHES OWENS CO. LTD., Binnacle, after 1900, Artifact no. 1969.0176, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0176.001/

"Electrical Apparatus and Supplies Industry, 1956, Dominion Bureau of Statistics, (pg A-33) https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/43-201/CS43-201-1956-eng.pdf

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