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Goold Shapely and Muir “Beaver”
The Beaver tractor in the Museum’s collection was built by the Goold, Shapley and Muir Company (GS&M) sometime between 1918 and 1920. GS&M was formed from Goold and Company, a manufacturer of beekeeper supplies and refrigerators in 1892. The new company diversified and began to manufacture windmills, gasoline engines, tanks, lookout towers, concrete mixers and pumps. …
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The Bergen Cut-Off
While crossing over the Kildonan Settlers Bridge in Winnipeg, if you look south, you catch a glimpse of a disused railway swing bridge perched on its pier in the middle of the Red River. At this point, many readers will be thinking “My sainted aunt! Writing an article about an abandoned bridge in Winnipeg! How…