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1869 The McLaughlin Carriage Works
Robert McLaughlin founded the McLaughlin Carriage Works. By 1900 he employed over 600 workmen and had an annual output of 25,000 vehicles. The advent of the automobile at the turn of the century led the McLaughlins to form a motor car company in 1907 and to begin producing the McLaughlin Buick. By 1915, sales of carriages were in such decline, that the carriage company was sold to a competitor. After that date production of McLaughlin carriages was discontinued.
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1885 Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway links British Columbia to Ontario. The development of this railway line was required by B.C. if it was to join Canada.
1937 World's first combine
Thomas Carroll, an engineer with Massey Harris, designs the first modern agricultural combine. This machine separates seed from straw, and its successors can be seen in rural areas everywhere.
1944 Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The units of the Engineering Branch of Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps were organized into units of a new Corps of "Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers".
1945 World's first voltage-controlled music synthesizer
Hugh Le Caine not only built the world's first voltage controlled music synthesizer (1945), touch sensitive keyboard, and variable speed multi-track tape recorder, he also composed unique works that helped to popularize electronic music. Dripsody, a composition produced through the electronic manipulation of the sound of a single drop of water, is considered to be a classic of the genre and the most-played example of this type of electronic music.
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1949 World's first aluminum bridge
The world's first aluminum bridge in Arvida, Quebec is designed and built by Alcan.
1959 St. Lawrence Seaway
The canal was engineered as a joint venture between Canada and the United States. Great feats of the canal include water control, navigation facilities, and power development. The Seaway enables freighters to travel directly from the Great Lakes to Montreal and, therefore, the Ocean.
1976 The CN Tower
Toronto's skyline is distinctive in part due to the tall spire of the CN Tower. Considered the world's tallest freestanding structure, it is 553.33 m high. It is made of enough concrete to build a curb from Toronto to Kingston. The sway resistance of the antenna at the top of the tower is 1.07 m.
1981 Canadarm
The Canadarm is a Remote Manipulator Systems designed and built in Canada by Spar Aerospace for the U.S. Space Shuttle. Design and production of the first "arm" cost $100 million. It allows astronauts to perform and retrieve activities in space while remaining on the flight deck. The arm's maximum payload is approximately the size and weight of a loaded school bus, but on earth it can't even support its own weight! Canadian engineers are currently designing and building new versions of the arm (called Mobile Servicing Systems) for the International Space Station, Alpha.
1989 SkyDome
The SkyDome is the world's first, only, and therefore largest fully retractable-roof stadium. The Dome can provide a climate controlled environment or an open-air stadium. The roof consists of four panels; one fixed, and three moveable. This roof is made of steel trusses covered by corrugated steel cladding, which in turn is covered by a PVC single-ply membrane.
1997 Confederation Bridge (P.E.I.)
The Confederation Bridge reaches across the Northumberland Straight between Borden-Carleton, PEI and Cape Tormentine, N.B. Its 12.9 km stretch is the longest continuous marine span in the world. The curved design of the bridge was planned to ensure drivers remain attentive and to reduce the potential for accidents that experts believe happen more often on strait bridges. The surface of the Bridge is a long-lasting, bituminous mixture that minimizes vehicle spray during wet weather.
1997 Hibernia Drilling Platform
Built in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Newfoundland, Hibernia is Canada's largest offshore drilling project. The Gravity Base Structure (GBS) weighs 550,000 tons, and is the first of its kind, being dubbed the 8th wonder of the world! The GBS is mated with the Topside to complete the platform. All this required careful engineering due to the harsh sea conditions, depth of water, weight of the structure, and worker safety concerns.
1997 407-ETR Toll Highway
The Highway 407 Express Toll Route is a multi-lane, electronic toll highway running 69 km across the top of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). What makes this highway special is the electronic toll technology involved. Engineered for efficiency, overhead tolling frames are stationed at all on and off ramps and automatically record the beginning and end of your trip on the 407. If you are using a specially designed "transponder" in you vehicle, your use is logged automatically. If not, license plate recognition systems identify your car. Invoices for tolls are sent through the mail.
Continuing Engineering
Tar Sands Project
The tar sands of Alberta are being developed to extract bitumen and change it into synthetic crude oil for Canadian markets. The Athabasca Oil Sand is the world's largest single oil deposit, however technical knowledge to economically exploit this resource is still on an improving scale. Extraction of the oil is done using two methods, surface mining, and in situ (in place) extraction. However roughly 1800 kg of oil sands must be mined to produce one barrel of synthetic crude oil! Engineering technology in extraction and transport are improving though, and oil sands mining in 1996 represented about one fifth of Alberta's total crude oil production.
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