The Abenaque Machine Works was established by Frederick Gilbert in 1893, and made gasoline engines. Other products included compressors, water pumps, drag saws, and circular ripsaws.
At its peak, the company employed forty people. The business filed for bankruptcy in 1915, was bought out, went bankrupt again in 1921, and was then bought out and moved to Marlborough, NH. Only parts were made in Marlborough.
Information Sources
- Thanks to Pat Reisinger for drawing our attention to this maker in a posting at SmokStak.com.
- A page on the History Harvest site provided parts of the history. That page references Abenaque Machine Works, by Alice Caggiano and Patricia Haas, published by the Westminster Historical Society, and still available for modest cost.
- The DeGolyer Library at SMU has a 1908 catalog for Abeneque [sic] Machine Works. " GAS & GASOLENE ENGINES. TRACTION ENGINES, WOOD SAWING OUTFITS, PUMPING PLANTS, PNEUMATIC WATER SYSTEMS, HAY PRESSES, HAY HOISTS, GRINDERS, ENSILAGE CUTTERS, SAW MILLS, THRESHING MACHINES, GENERAL FARM MACHINERY"
- The Complete Guide to Stationary Gas Engines by Mark Meincke, 1996 page 90
- American Gasoline Engines Since 1872 by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 8
- Gas, Gasoline & Oil Engines, 1906, pg. 423