Civil Engineering Archives | Our Black Heritage: Early Black Settlers of York-Sunbury Counties (New Brunswick) 1783-Present

The Temple & Miller Flanger

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries descendants of the early Black settlers showed great inventiveness and determination. In 1873, John Hamilton was the true inventor of the “Temple […]

Patent Diagram for the Temple & Miller Flanger

The Temple & Miller Flanger was invented by John Hamilton in 1873. It functioned like a snowplough of sorts, and was used to scrape ice and snow off […]

John Hamilton

Hamilton’s “Temple & Miller Flanger” contributed greatly to the safety and efficiency of winter travel on railway lines all across Canada. John Hamilton (born c. 1853) was a […]