Charles Cluthe

Title

Charles Cluthe

Example Artifact
Gauge, catheter

Type

Individual
Company

Coverage

Kitchener, ON
Kitchener, ON
Toronto, ON

Begin Date

1870-01-01

Active Until

1888-01-01

Location

Berlin, ON (Kitchener, ON) (1870)
99 King St. E., Hamilton, ON (1875)
118 King Street W., Toronto, ON (1888)

Product Areas

Surgical
Medical

Activities

Supplying
Manufacturing

Timeline

- 1870 – Charles Cluthe immigrated to Berlin, ON, [Kitchener, ON] from the US. (Industries of Canada: 193)

- 1873 – Cluthe moves to the city of Hamilton, ON, and is working there. (Industries of Canada: 193)

- 1875 – Cluthe active as “surgical instrument-maker” at 99 King St. E., Hamilton, ON. (City of Hamilton Annual… Directory for 1875-1876 (1875): 35)

- 1886 – Cluthe has a shop as a “surgical machinist” located at 118 King Street W., Toronto, ON, and Buffalo, New York, USA. “He is a genius in his vocation and there mere fact of his being the inventor, patentee and manufacturer of the perfected spiral tress for the cure of hernia.” (Industries of Canada: 193)

Sources

Image Name Function
Gauge, catheterGauge, catheter

Collection

Citation

“Charles Cluthe,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed March 17, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/8293.

Output Formats

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