The T. W. & C. B. Sheridan Co. was started in Manhattan, NY in 1835 by Bernard Sheridan By 1856, the company had been passed on his sons E.R. and T.W. Sheridan in 1856, and later operated as T.W. & C.B. Sheridan Company under Theodore W. Sheridan and Charles B. Sheridan. While the company was best know for the production of heavy-duty presses, paper cutters, and automatic gathering machines, they also made wood vereer cutting machinery, which is of the interest of this site.
In 1887, the company acquired an interest in the Sheridan Iron Works in Champlain, New York, whch would serve as their primary factory. In 1964, the company was Purchased by the Harris-Intertype Corporation for over $6.3 million, continuing operations as Harris-Sheridan before the era of production wound down in later decades.
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