Plowing ahead

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In 1877, James G. Cockshutt, son of Ignatius Cockshutt, opened a small shop called the Brantford Plow Works on the present site of the Elements Casino. He designed and manufactured plows to suit the land upon which they would be working. By the 1880s, Western Canada was opening to homesteaders. When they arrived, they received […]

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