In 1849, Ballard & Baird of Pittsburgh were manufacturing slide lathes, foot lathes, hand lathes, wood lathes, sash stickers, planers (presumably wood planers), molders, mortisers, and Fay, Fisher & Co.'s tenoning machine.
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| 1849 advertisement |
Information Sources
- 1849 book, History of Cosmopolite, Or, Journal of Lorenzo Dow, three pages before the title page is an advertisement for "Ballard & Baird, Machinists, Lathe & Tool Manufacturers" of Pittsburgh. "Being both practical mechanics, we are prepared to manufacture "Slide Lathes, Foot do, Hand do., Wood do.,... Fay & Fisher's Tenoning [Machines], ..."