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In 1924, Kitchener’s own Wilfrid H. Schlee invented the signal light on a car’s instrument panel that warns a driver of low oil pressure.

Economic downturns are often thought to prevent innovation and risk taking. However, economic hard times can be a catalyst for innovation.

A Bloomingdale foundry, they produced patented bedsprings among other products.

With the end of World War II, a new society emerged.

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