1902 W atson Jack Co., was founded, acting as agent for the Sprague Electric and Sprague Elevator companies 1904 Mussens Equipment Ltd. founded by W .H.C. Mussens 1910 B.J. Coghlin Co. Ltd. incorporated W atson Jack Co. expanded into the business of metals, dyestuffs, chemical boilers and electrical supplies 1925 The earliest use of the term “W ajax” W atson Jack Co. Ltd. manufactured a portable pump capable of pressures up to 200 psi – The W AJAX 1929 W aterous branch plant relocated from Winnipeg to Edmonton ~ 4 ~ W atson Jack Co. was founded in 1902 by Montreal native John Colquhoun W atson Jack. W atson was born August 19, 1870 into a merchant family . His father was a wholesale grocer who imported such items as East and W est Indian produce, and Mediterranean goods. Like his father , W atson immersed himself in business and established W atson Jack Co. in 1902 as a Canadian agent for The Sprague Electric Co., The Sprague Elevator Co. of New Y ork, and later Otis Elevators. The product lines handled by W atson Jack Co. changed a number of times between the dates of its inception and later acquisition by B.J. Coghlin Co. Ltd. In 1910, W atson Jack Co. was in the business of metals, dyestuffs, chemical boilers and electrical supplies. By 1925, W atson Jack Co. had established itself as a manufacturer of a powerful 200 psi portable fre pump called the W AJAX (an acronym of W atson Jack’ s name). W atson Jack died of illness in 1928 but the continued success of the business lead to it acquiring a controlling interest in F .H. Hopkins in 1951. La societe W atson Jack Co. est fondee en 1902 par John Colquhoun W atson Jack, ne a Montreal le 19 aout 1870. Son pere, qui etait grossiste en alimentation, importait des produits des Indes orientales et des Antilles, ainsi que des marchandises de la Mediterranee. Suivant les traces de son pere, W atson se plonge dans les affaires et cree la W atson Jack Co. en 1902 qui devient alors un agent canadien de la Sprague Electric Co., de la Sprague Elevator Co. de New Y ork et, plus tard, des ascenseurs Otis. La societe W atson Jack Co. change plusieurs fois de gammes de produits entre le moment de sa creation et la date de son acquisition par B.J. Coghlin Co. Ltd. En 1910, W atson Jack Co. fait son entree dans les domaines des metaux, des colorants, des chaudieres pour produits chimiques et des fournitures electriques. En 1925, cette meme compagnie s’impose a titre de fabricant d’une puissante pompe a incendie portative de 200 lb/po 2 appelee la « W AJAX » (acronyme forme a partir du nom W atson Jack). W atson Jack meurt des suites d’une maladie en 1928, mais le succes soutenu que connait son entreprise amene celle-ci a acquerir une participation majoritaire dans la societe F .H. Hopkins en 1951. W ajax T imeline