We used to make things in this country. #86

I recently picked up an older 10-24 tap marked "Hi-Speed Galt Ontario." The city of Galt ceased to exist in 1973 when it was amalgamated with several other municipalities to form Cambridge.

A google search took me to the history page of Taylor Tool Canada.  They're a Canadian manufacturer of taps and dies that have been continuously in business since 1918.  I contacted them, only to learn that the tap was likely made by Canadian Tap and Die Ltd., a different company which was founded around 1913 but which closed in the mid-Seventies.  All I could find on the web were the following photos of a tap and die set being sold on Kijiji.  Another Canadian tool maker vanishes into obscurity.