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Manufacturers Index - Merritt Manufacturing Co.
History
Last Modified: Apr 30 2021 10:45AM by Jeff_Joslin
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There were several related "Merritt" companies located in Lockport, NY. Our highly speculative ordering is as follows.

  1. I. E. Merritt Machinery Co., 1880s.
  2. Merritt Manufacturing Co., 1890s-1900s.
  3. Merritt Engineering & Sales Co., 1920s-1930s.
  4. Merritt-Monsanto Corp., 1940s.
  5. Merritt-Solem Corp., 1950s.
Sometime before 1953, Merritt-Monsanto was bought out by Solem Machine Co. of Rockford, IL, and operated as a separate subsidiary, Merritt-Solem Corp. of Lockport.

Information Sources

  • 1889 ad for I. E. Merritt Machinery Co. "Improved stave, heading & shingle machines...Improved gage lathe...The Ober lathe...Improved veneer machine, the standard for fruit packages, basket work, &c. Automatic sawing machines, veneer cutting machines, Bailey's handle and nulling gauge lathes, milling and mortising machines, key seat cutting machines, pulley boring machines, gear cutting machines, etc., etc."
  • Louis G. Merritt of Lockport, NY was granted 1893-1907 lathe and veneer machinery patents.
  • According to patent records, it appears that by 1932, Merritt Manufacturing Co. had been succeeded by Merritt Engineering & Sales Co., which was in turn succeeded by Merritt-Monsanto Corp.
  • Ad for used gauge lathe in 1917 catalog.
  • An ad in a 1920 issue of The Wood-Worker lists a used dowel machine from this company.
  • Ad in 1955-56 Hitchcock's Wood Workers' Digest Directory, which says, "Established 1851" and "Successors to: Merritt Mfg. Co., Merritt Eng. & Sales Co., Inc., Merritt-Monsanto Corp."