We used to make things in this country #361; Bawden Machine Co.

  Bawden Machine Co., located in Toronto at 125 Stirling Rd, was a manufacturer of many diverse products, they opened in 1908, making drill presses, lathes, baking equipment,  pneumatic tire making machines among them. By the time of these pictures were taken in 1916, they were heavily involved in munitions, like seemingly most of heavy industry in Canada at the time.

  After the war they expanded up the street and built steam pumps, printing presses, seemingly all sorts of machines for manufacturing. In the 1930s and 40s they were also known to make fire hydrants, but did not survive the 1950s. With the amount of machinery they produced, it's odd that the name doesn't show up more often. Stirling Road still has some industry, Nestle is located there, but it's a rapidly gentrifying area.  Some of the Bawden buildings remain but most of the area is parking lots.