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Manufacturers Index - C. S. Hotham & Son
History
Last Modified: Apr 15 2013 11:07PM by Jeff_Joslin
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In the mid-1930s this small firm made a hobbyist bandsaw, and likely other hobbyist machines as well. The bandsaw we have seen is of cast iron construction.

Information Sources

  • A 1935 edition of Canadian Engineer had this snippet:
    Proposed Work
    Brantford, Ont.—C. S. Hotham & Son will build a new factory building here, it has been announced by J. S. Middleton, industrial commissioner. The company will manufacture machinery for hobbies and handicraft. The plant will...
  • A 1944 edition of Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada, a Monthly Review mentions C. S. Hotham & Son as making "machinery made to order, tools, jig, electric and oxyacetylene welding, engineering, ice machines, refrigeration, portable electric equipment for welding".