HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-11-05, Page 56GSS/Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1986
The first
power grader
was introduced
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behind J. Currey's service station on
Huron Road. It was bare land then,
with no buildings of any kind. That
first grader was shipped to
Peterborough. With the tractor
moved to the rear and built in,, the
blade movements and scarifier were
operated by power controls. The
or motions were driven by prop shafts
and universal joints through dog
clutches operated by levers in the
operator's cab. ,
Subsequent orders for the new
product came from Regina, Sarnia,
St. Thomas, Walkerton, Toronto, the
Department of Northern
Development and Huntsville.
With a new product in the market,
Dominion Roads had to expand to
accommodate increased production
and a new building was constructed
on the corner of Cambria Road and
St. David Street. The building, still
standing today, was later occupied
by W.H. Mills Motors Ltd.
The 1920s has an enviable
reputation and legacy of fun and
games to live upfor An era rich in
nostalgia and post-war prosperity, it
is famous for the short, unenven
hemlines adopted by young women,
The picture above is an artist's
conception of Champion drawn
in 1920. The Hydraulic
Maintainer was introduced in
1936. Below, a portable gravel
unit is heading for Jasper
National Park.
who danced the Charleston with men
in slicked -down hair,formal attire
and new-fangled automobiles.
It wasn't until 1927 that Ontario
became "wet" again and the 1920s
was a time of rum -running and wild
times.
The entire decade was almost like
a party in the wake of the hardships
of the Great War but in 1929, paper
fortunes and good times came
crumbling down with the crash of.
the stock market: Suddenly,
everything came to a halt.