In 1896 the Phelps Machine Co. licensed the Dake engine, a clever and compact steam engine design from the Dake Engine Co. of Grand Haven, Mich., a company that would later become Dake Corp., known for their arbor presses and hydraulic shop presses. Phelps manufactured the Dake engine for the Canadian market for just a couple of years: at the beginning of 1898 it was announced that the business had been sold to the Jenckes Machine Co. of Sherbrooke, QC, which continued the manufacture of the Dake engine.
Information Sources
- Canadian Engineer, V5, #9, Jan 1898, pg. 266. "The plant of the Phelps Machine Co, Eastman. Que , has been bought out (in 1898) by the Jenckes Machine Co., of Sherbrooke, which will continue the manufacture of the Dake engine in the Sherbrooke works."