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Ditmars, William Carey

1865–1960

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Biographie

He arrived in Vancouver in 1891.

In 1903 he was a partner in the firm of Armstrong & Morisson building bridges.

He later became the President of the Vancouver Granite Co. supplying building materials to big projects.

He purcahsed the first automobile in Canada in 02/1899.

Références

Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.

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