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Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. was an aircraft manufacturing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that built aircraft for the Royal Flying Corps Canada during the First World War.
| Industry | Commercial aviation |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 15, 1916 |
| Defunct | 1919 |
| Fate | Purchased by Columbia Graphophone Company Limited |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Formed on December 15, 1916, when the Imperial Munitions Board bought the Curtiss (Canada) aircraft operation in Toronto (opened in 1916 as Toronto Curtiss Aeroplanes) at a 6-acre facility at 1244 Dufferin Street south of Dupont Avenue in April 1917.[1]
The public company was run by Sir Frank Wilton Baillie, an industrialist and financier.[2]
Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. manufactured the JN-4(Can) Canuck (1200),[3] the Felixstowe F5L flying boat (30),[4] and the Avro 504.[5]
The plant remained opened until after the Armistice and was sold to Columbia Graphophone Company Limited[2] in 1919. After 1924 it was sold to Dodge Brothers Canada Limited as a car assembly plant till 1928.[6]
The industrial site was re-developed in the 1970s as the Galleria Shopping Centre[7] and Wallace-Emerson Community Centre. The south side of the property is lined with homes.
Further reading
- Morton, Desmond; Granatstein, J. L. (1989). Marching to Armageddon - Canadians and the Great War 1914-1919. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd. ISBN 0-88619-209-9.
References
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- Davenport neighbourhood profile Archived September 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Heron, Craig (2004). "BAILLIE, Sir FRANK WILTON". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 15. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- "Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck"". Canada Aviation and Space Museum. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- Shadwick, Martin (2015). "Military Aviation". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- CASM, Curtiss JN-4 “Canuck
- Filey, Mike; Russell, Victor Loring (1993). From Horse Power to Horsepower: Toronto: 1890-1930. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 34. ISBN 1550022008.
- McKay, David (2007). Redeveloping Greyfields in the Greater Toronto Area (M.Sc.). Department of Geography, University of Toronto.
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