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  2. Hardtack - Wikipedia

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    Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. [ 1 ]

  3. Purity Factories - Wikipedia

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    Purity Factories Limited is a food processing company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Founded in 1924 by C. C. Pratt, A. E. Hickman, and W. R. Goobie, Purity manufactures traditional Newfoundland foods including cream crackers, hard bread (), Peppermint Nobs, Candy Kisses, Jam Jams (sponge cookies with apple jam filling), flavoured syrups, and jams made with local ingredients ...

  4. Category : Companies of Canada by year of establishment

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    This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 17:58 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. List of oldest companies - Wikipedia

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    Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in Siena, Italy, is the oldest surviving bank in the world and Italy's third largest bank. It was founded in 1472. The oldest companies in the world are the brands and companies which remain operating (either in whole or in part) since inception, excluding associations and educational, government, or religious organizations.

  6. Crown Pilot Crackers - Wikipedia

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    The Crown Pilot cracker is Nabisco's oldest recipe, which was acquired with their purchase of a bakery in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The recipe was originally created by John Pearson of Newburyport [2] in 1792 for producing seagoing biscuits. [1] [3] The cracker was discontinued once before in 1996 by Nabisco.

  7. Falconbridge Nickel Mines - Wikipedia

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    Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited was a Canadian mining company with operations in 18 countries, involved in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metal and mineral products, including nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum. In 1982 the company was renamed Falconbridge Limited.

  8. William Thomas Benson - Wikipedia

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    William Thomas Benson (20 April 1824 – 8 June 1885) was born at Kendal, England and, after some years in business in England, immigrated to Canada in 1858.. In Montreal, Benson met a man with whom he formed a partnership to open the first starch factory in Canada.

  9. Technological and industrial history of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Clock Company (Whitby, 1872) and the Hamilton Clock Company (Hamilton, 1876) were the first in Canada to manufacture these new devices. [10] The Singer Manufacturing Company , established in 1851 in the US, began manufacturing its very popular line of sewing machines for the Canadian market at a factory built in St. Jean, Quebec in ...