Can Car
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Can Car is the common abbreviation for Canadian Car and Foundry, a historic Canadian manufacturer best known for producing railway rolling stock, aircraft, and other transportation equipment.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canadian Car and Foundry | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft manufacturer
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defunct company ⓘ manufacturing company ⓘ rolling stock manufacturer ⓘ |
| activityPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Can Car
NERFINISHED
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Canadian Car & Foundry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceasedOperations | late 20th century ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employedSignificantNumberOf | women factory workers during World War II ⓘ |
| fate | absorbed into Hawker Siddeley operations ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Canada Car Company
NERFINISHED
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Dominion Car and Foundry NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes Curry Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Allan Ryan interests
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William Maxwell Aitken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Canadian Car and Foundry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canada
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Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1909 ⓘ |
| industry |
aircraft manufacturing
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railway rolling stock manufacturing ⓘ transportation equipment manufacturing ⓘ |
| laterOwnedBy | Hawker Siddeley Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorClient |
Canadian National Railway
NERFINISHED
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Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAircraftProduced |
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (under licence)
NERFINISHED
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Hawker Hurricane (under licence) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFacilityLocation |
Amherst, Nova Scotia
GENERATED
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Fort William, Ontario GENERATED ⓘ Montreal, Quebec GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
aircraft
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buses ⓘ freight cars ⓘ passenger railcars ⓘ railway rolling stock ⓘ streetcars ⓘ |
| peakActivityDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
electric multiple unit cars
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locomotive-hauled cars ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ railway coaches ⓘ street railway vehicles ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| roleDuringWorldWarII |
military aircraft production
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war material manufacturing ⓘ |
| successor | Hawker Siddeley Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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