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Maritime Foundry & Machine Works
Chatham, NB, Canada
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
22,455 Sep. 15, 1885 Shingle machine Alexander Dunbar NB, Canada An ad in the 1909-01-02 Canada Lumberman and Woodworker from the New Brunswick Foundry & Machine Shop, operated by McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson: "sole manufacturers of the celebrated patented Dunbar Shingle Machine, universally admitted to be the best shingle machine made".
"My invention relates to improvements in shingle sawing machines, in which the travel of the carriage and the operating of the setting up devices, are effected by means of a system of gearing, friction pulleys, and cone belted pulleys; and in which a jointer or edging-mechanism is combined with the sawing machine by which the shingles are divided from the bolt..." Strangely, the 1913-04-01 issue of the same journal had two ads of note: Maritime Foundry & Machine Works, Ltd. of Chatham, NB, for the "Dunbar" shingle mill, and the Dunbar shingle machine "Manufactured Solely by The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd." of Fredericton. The illustrations show machines that are similar but not identical.
92,877 May. 02, 1905 Gang saw Alexander Dunbar NB, Canada This was apparently sold as the Dunbar clapboard machine, first by Alex. Dunbar & Sons and, after the patent expired, by Maritime Foundry & Machine Works.
    Gang saw Andrew Dunbar NB, Canada  
    Gang saw William Dunbar NB, Canada  
    Gang saw Alexander Dunbar Jr. NB, Canada  
141,815 Jul. 23, 1912 Combination track gauge and recorder Manzer Wilson Downie Presque Isle, ME This invention is a device to measure the height and spacing of railway track, and to record the measurements. This is the Canadian equivalent of US patent 1,066,188.
1,066,188 Jul. 01, 1913 Combination track gauge and recorder Manzer Wilson Downie Presque Isle, ME This invention is a device to measure the height and spacing of railway track, and to record the measurements. See also Canada patent 141,815.