We used to make things in this country #355 E. Leonard & Sons

Steam Donkey seen at Museum of sail, power and steam in Rockland, Me. likely used onboard for hauling nets, the small belt runs the governor. I suspect that is not the original colour.

 Elijah Leonard was born in Syracuse NY. but moved to Ontario as a child, working frst with his father, but forming his own foundry and machine shop in London, Ontario in 1840. The company manufactured agricultural machinery at first, expanding to machinery for railways and steam powered equipment, reputedly building the first Canadian -made steam engine. His sons took over the company, keeping it in the family till after WW2. In the 1950s the company merged with the John Thomson company which closed during the 1960s.

The crew posing in front of the head office, 1907.