Young Brothers Machine Co. - History

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Young Brothers Machine Co.
Williamsport, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Jan 24 2017 1:17PM by Jeff_Joslin
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Also known as the Young Bros. Co., this company was part of the 1897 merger of 11 companies that created the American Wood Working Machinery Co.

Information Sources

An ad in an 1896 issue of The Wood-Worker shows a large multi-drum sander, "The Sandpapering Machine".
1899 Boyd's Directory of Williamsport lists "Young Bros. Machine Co., Branch, Am. Wood-Working Machine Co., O. H. Young, près; J. B. Young, treas, 231 Hepburn".

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