Brantford Carriage Company of Brantford, Ont. Canada ( Became the Cockshutt Plow Company) 1890

Beautifully engraved certificate from the Brantford Carriage Company of Brantford, Ont. issued in 1890. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a building. This item is hand signed by the Company’s President ( Hugh Duffy ) and Secretary ( Lord Whitehead ) and is over 118 years old. The certificate was issued to Lord Whitehead.


Certificate Vignette



HISTORY OF THE COCKSHUTT PLOW COMPANY ~

1827 The Cockshutt family - James, Mary and children Ignatius and Jane - immigrated to Canada from Lancashire, England.

1877 James G. Cockshutt, son of Ignatius, founded the original Cockshutt factory, THE BRANTFORD PLOW WORKS at Brantford, Ontario. He operated it until its incorporation in 1882.

1882 The business was incorporated as THE COCKSHUTT PLOW COMPANY, with James G. Cockshutt as president. Approximately 50 workers were employed.

1885 James Cockshutt died as the result of tuberculosis at 34 years of age. Managers bearing the Cockshutt name continued to operate the company until 1957.

1885 The JGC Sulky Plow, invented by James G. Cockshutt, was patented following his death by his wife and his brother W.F. Cockshutt.

1903 Cockshutt Plow Company employed 900 people in a modern plant built on a 33 acre site.

1910 The company went public, expanded their buildings and increased the number of employees to 1300.

1910 Cockshutt purchased ADAMS WAGON COMPANY, BRANTFORD CARRIAGE COMPANY, and FROST AND WOOD COMPANY to expand their line of machinery.

1914-1918 World War I - Cockshutt provided wagons and carriages for military use. Shiploads of farm machinery were exported to England.

1924-1928 During this period, the company was a Canadian distributor of Hart-Parr tractors.

1928-1933 Allis-Chalmers tractors were sold under the COCKSHUTT name.

1930 Oliver, now incorporated with Hart-Parr, produced COCKSHUTT tractors. Identical tractors were painted green for Oliver and red and cream for Cockshutt.

1930 Produced the "Tiller combine", selling 100 in their first year.

1939-1945 World War II - The company built aircraft parts, ambulance bodies, gun mounts and 100,000 hand grenades per month with up to 6,000 people being employed.

1953 Cockshutt expanded their operation by purchasing the National Farm Equipment Co-op at Bellevue, Ohio.

1946 The first actual Canadian COCKSHUTT tractor called the '30' went into production.

1957 English Transcontinental Company purchased controlling interest in the COCKSHUTT PLOW COMPANY and ran it under the name COCKSHUTT FARM EQUIPMENT COMPANY LTD.

1961 White Motor Corporation purchased part of the Brantford plant and the rights to the harvester/combine lines. Operating under the name COCKSHUTT FARM EQUIPMENT OF CANADA INC., they also took over the branches and many Cockshutt dealers.