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Ottawa Car Company

The Ottawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891 as an outgrowth of the carriage building operations of William W. Wylie. Its plant was located at Kent and Slater Streets, a short distance from Parliament Hill. The company was a subsidiary of Ottawa Electric Railway, in turn controlled by Ahearn & Soper.

Products
Streetcars • Small Peter Witt streetcars • Snow sweepers • Interurban railcars: • 8 R Class radial cars for Toronto and York Radial Railway on the Mimico line then transferred to Toronto Transportation Commission for use by North Yonge Railways • Single End Double Truck streetcar Aircraft • produced Armstrong Whitworth Atlas and Armstrong Whitworth Siskin fighters for Armstrong Whitworth • produced Avro Tutor and Avro Prefect trainers for Avro • Armstrong Siddeley engines • Aircraft parts for World War II: Handley Page Hampden bombers, Hawker Hurricanes and Avro Ansons • bomb doors, flaps, ailerons, and elevators for Avro Lancaster bombers ==Clients==
Clients
• Edmonton Radial Railway • Toronto Transportation Commission • Ottawa Transportation Commission (Ottawa Electric Railway) • Hamilton Street Railway (Hamilton Radial Electric Railway) • Winnipeg Transit • Montreal Street Railway • South Western Traction Company/London & Lake Erie Railway • Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Railway • London Street Railway • Montreal Tramways Company • Saskatoon Municipal Railway ==Preservation==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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