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In the early 1870s this company, probably founded by Martin W. Shapley and John S. Wells, made circular sawmills and steam engines. They were represented by Tully & Wilde of New York City. The firm are known to have survived into the 1890s but so far it appears that in their later years they made steam engines but not sawmills.
Information Sources
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American Steam Engine Builders: 1800-1900 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2006 page 218
- Ad in 1872 issue of Boyd's New York State Business Directory and Gazeteer. The ad reads as follows:
Binghamton Iron Works.
Shapley & Wells,
Practical Machinists, Iron and Brass Founders,
Builders of portable and stationary steam engines and boilers, Shapley's turbine water wheels, circular saw mills, all kinds of mill work and machinery.
Shop and Foundry, Hawley St., Office 52 Washington St., Binghamton, N. Y.
M. W. Shapley, J. S. Wells.
- An 1883 ad in Manufacturer & Builder features the Shapley stationary steam engine, and mentions their "celebrated bark mills, acknowledged to be the best."