Ontario Car Company
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Ontario Car Company was a freight car, passenger car, and horsecar manufacturer based in London, Ontario from 1872 to 1886.[1]
The company was sometimes referenced as T. Muir after company manager Thomas Muir and London Car Works.[2]
The facility was located on east side of Rectory Street north of Cabell Street.
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Ontario Car made wooden freight and passenger cars for various railways in Ontario and Quebec:
- Great Western Railway
- Grand Trunk Railway
- Canada Southern Railway
- Intercolonial Railway
- Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway
- New Brunswick Railway
- Quebec Central Railway
- Canadian Pacific Railway
A small number of horsecars were made for smaller streetcar operators:
Ontario Car last made cars in 1886 and disappeared by 1890.[3]
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Categories:
- Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Canada
- 1872 establishments
- 1886 disestablishments
- Transport company stubs
- United States train and rolling stock stubs