Thomas Speight Wagon Works was a Canadian carriage builder based in Markham, Ontario, and was the biggest supplier of horsecars for the Toronto Street Railways, but took orders as far west as Winnipeg, Manitoba.
[1] In 1830, Thomas Speight of Yorkshire, England, established a wagon manufacturing facility in the village of Markham.
His company was passed on to brother Michael (who died in 1889 after leaving Acton for Markham after 1882) and finally to Joseph Albert Speight (1846–1902).
[4] One office building near 20 Main Street became Beare Sons & Clayton General Motors dealership and in 1921 Markham Garage.
Today the site of the old factory and garage has been replaced with several businesses fronting Main Street and a condo in the rear.