John Inglis and Company
John Inglis and Company (now Whirlpool Canada) was a Canadian firm which made weapons for the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth military forces during the World War II era, then became a major appliance company.
History
The company traces its roots to John Inglis of Dundas, Ontario. On 27 July 1859 he, Francis Evatt and Thomas Mair formed Mair, Inglis and Evatt, a machine shop in Guelph, Ontario, producing machinery for grist and flour mills. In 1864 they added a steam engine to power the machines. Some time after 1864 Daniel Hunter replaced Thomas Mair and the name of the business was changed to Inglis and Hunter.
In September 1881, Inglis purchased a large triangular plot of land near downtown Toronto, west of Strachan Avenue. He moved the company there, renaming it John Inglis and Sons after five of his sons that worked in various departments. John Inglis died in 1898 and the business was taken over by one of his sons, William. In 1903, William led the company into the manufacture of marine steam engines and waterworks pumping engines, and he discontinued production of its previous milling product line. The company produced the engines for the Canada Steamship Lines Hamonic and Huronic, which served until 1950.
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John Inglis (shipbuilder)
John Inglis (1842 in Glasgow – 1919) was an engineer and shipbuilder who managed the well-known shipyard A. & J. Inglis in Pointhouse Glasgow, which had been set up by his father Anthony Inglis and his uncle John Inglis.
Career
John Inglis left school at the age of 14 years and entered Glasgow University where, although his objective was engineering science, he studied the Arts. He gained high distinctions in Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Engineering Science. On completion of his academic studies he then was apprenticed as an engineer in the shipyard of his father and uncle, just like any other candidate for an engineering profession. To prepare himself for the foreseeable managing role he moved from department to department, from machine shop to drawing office, from moulding loft to building yard, and gained experience in all aspects of the business.
In 1867 he married Agnes Denny, a daughter of the famous Dumbarton shipbuilding family. In 1884 after the death of his father he took over the management of the family owned shipyard A. & J. Inglis.
John Inglis (cricketer)
John William Inglis (born 19 October 1979)) is an English first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2000. A right-handed batsman, he batted at number three and scored 2 runs in both innings against the West Indians at Headingley, a match Yorkshire lost by ten wickets.
Inglis was born in Ripon, Yorkshire. He played in two Under-19 ODIs for England Under-19s against Australia U 19s in 1999, in the Minor Counties Trophy for Yorkshire Cricket Board (1998), in the Second Eleven Championship for Yorkshire Second XI (1998-2000) and for Durham Second XI (2001), the Yorkshire Academy (1996-1997) and Harrogate C.C. (2005).
Inglis now plays his cricket at Beckwithshaw C.C., based on the outskirts of Harrogate, Yorkshire, whilst part owning a local building firm with his father.
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