The History of Babcock & Wilcox Canada
| 1844 | Dumfries foundry started in Cambridge, Ontario. | |
| 1859 | John Goldie and Hugh McCulloch purchased foundry. | |
| 1867 | George Babcock & Stephen Wilcox obtained patents for "Babcock & Wilcox Non-Explosive Boiler" (water tube boiler) & "Babcock & Wilcox Stationary Steam Engine". | |
| 1881 | The Babcock & Wilcox Company incorporated in New Jersey, USA. | |
| 1891 |
Goldie & McCulloch began to concentrate on steam engines, boilers
and heaters Babcock & Wilcox, Limited incorporated in Britain. |
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| 1923 | Babcock & Wilcox, Limited and The Babcock & Wilcox Company bought into The Goldie & McCulloch Company Limited of Cambridge, Ontario, forming Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Ltd. in Canada. | |
| 1953 | The Babcock & Wilcox Company entered the commercial nuclear power market in the 1950s and formed the Atomic Energy Division in Barberton, Ohio in 1953. Today, the McDermott US nuclear shops (BWX Technologies Inc.) are used entirely for components of the US Navy nuclear fleet. All nuclear services and production for electric power generation are done by Babcock & Wilcox Canada. | |
| 1963 | Babcock & Wilcox became sole owner, acquiring the Goldie-McCulloch interests. | |
| 1968 | Babcock-Wilcox and Goldie-McCulloch Ltd. renamed Babcock & Wilcox Canada, Ltd. | |
| 1969 | Babcock & Wilcox Canada, Ltd. began a $10 million series of expansions that continued for a decade. | |
| 1978 | McDermott International, Inc. purchased B&W. | |
| 1982 - 1994 | Babcock & Wilcox Canada managed B&W's expansion into international markets including joint ventures in six countries. | |
| 1989 | Babcock & Wilcox opened a second manufacturing facility in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. | |
| 1993 | Babcock & Wilcox sold its interest in the Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Service Company (a small joint venture with Framatome, that provided services and fuel to a few nuclear plants in the USA). As part of the agreement, Framatome became a licensee permitted to use certain Babcock & Wilcox technologies to support this service business. However, Babcock & Wilcox did not sell its ownership or rights to its technology. | |
