Mackenzie monoplane

Larry Milberry, Aviation in Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson 1979

The Mackenzie monoplane built by the Red Deer resident in about 1910. It is not believed to have actually flown due to unspecified engine issues.

Most Modern Fleet of Chauffeur-Driven Cars, Paris, 1961

Continental Holiday.  The American Travel Guide to Europe.  New York, 1961.

Look at the size of those dorsal fins!  Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the road....

Antique C-clamp

I love the wings on the screw!

Princess Louise and the Lansdowne

Charles Maginley, The ships of Canada's Marine Services, Vanwell Publishing 2003

In 1882 Jotham O'Brien -a shipbuilder in Maccan, Nova Scotia- built a wooden lighthouse supply vessel named the Princess Louise (after Queen Victoria's fourth daughter). As the steamer was completed it was decided to tow the ship to Halifax for the installation of her boiler and engine. The steamer Newfield (roughly the same size vessel) took the ship in tow but before they could clear the Bay of Fundy, a gale parted the towrope and the vessel was driven ashore near Digby, Nova Scotia. The captain and seven crew members lost their life. The Newfield narrowly escaped being wrecked during the same gale.
As the machinery had already been purchased a second identical ship named the Lansdowne was ordered from the same builder. The machinery was shipped to Canada and installed. The Lansdowne served till 1917 when it was retired. The steamer Newfield was wrecked at Digby Neck, Nova Scotia in 1900. 

Shunting engine, 1962

The Port of London.  Official Handbook of the Port of London Authority.  1962

A nice line drawing.

Lawn mower sharpening on your metal lathe

First mass production Ski Doo

Fondation Armand Bombardier , Ski-doo, As long as there is winter, 1999

Though they quickly changed to two stroke engines for power, the first production Ski-doo was powered by a 7 horsepower Kohler four stroke, likely adapted from a rototiller or generator. 

The 1958 prototype (below) kept the driver fully enclosed, but a year later that idea had been completely revised and for production the rider now sat astride a longitudinal seat and completely out in the open, the form that has been with us ever since.

Bombardier Museum

Hooper & Co.

Hooper and Co were a London company that specialized in the top (no expense spared) tier of coachbuilding for both horse-drawn carriages and later, automobiles from 1805 till 1959. The company built vehicles for international royalty and industrial magnates for 150 years.

Vanished tool makers: AST, Germany

I rescued this rusty wood chisel recently.  I could just make out a trademark and the word "Germany" under the dirt and corrosion:

Below, cleaned up.  It was made by AST:

I already owned an AST mortising chisel:

The chisels were made by Albert Steup GmbH & Co. of Wuppertal, Germany.  There's very little information on this toolmaker.   The trademark was registered in 1953, but I suspect that the company's roots go much further back than this.

Source:  http://www.alte-beitel.de/steup_albert.html

Rear seat position in British cars, 1937 to 1967

Robert Ireson.  The Penguin Car Handbook, Revised Edition.  Penguin Books, 1967.

Sitting right over the rear axle must have made for a bumpy ride for the passengers.