Moritz Lindner

Preston Car Company

The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario (Now Cambridge).

Technology, Innovations

Kitchener medical tech startup wins $500,000 in international entrepreneurial competition

The firm, based at the Velocity Garage in Kitchener, won the inaugural Entrepreneurship World Cup held in Saudi Arabia, and was awarded US$500,000.

Innovations

McKee Brothers

The McKee One Man Harvester allowed a farmer to harvest and store his crop of hay single-handedly using only one tractor rather than more labour-intensive baling equipment.

Innovations

Privy Seat Patent

An 1886 patent for an attachment to a privy (outhouse) seat which would close the hole of the seat until the user was seated there.

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