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Frost & Wood Buildings Disappearing
31 August 1961
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Heritage House Museum

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Without a doubt, the Frost & Wood Company would have failed if it had not been for the Cockshutt Plow Company. However, by the 1960s, Cockshutt was also facing hard times.

In the late 1950s, the company was trying to recover from a period of slow sales, but also was trying to manage internal struggles within management. By February 1960, stakeholders in the U.S. owned 70 percent of the Cockshutt Plow Company.

In 1962, the Cockshutt Plow Company was acquired for $8 million dollars by rival company, the White Motor Company for its Oliver Corporation subsidiary. White changed the company's name to the Cockshutt Farm Equipment of Canada Limited and added another 75,000 square feet to Cockshutt's Brantford plant.

Throughout the 1970s, the White Motor Company continued to use the Cockshutt name in its product lines. However, after 100 years in business, the White Motor Company completely phased out the Cockshutt name in 1977.

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Cockshutt Moulded Aircraft Limited
25 September 1943
Brantford, Ontario, Canada


Credits:
Heritage House Museum