Bridgeport Machine Tool Works - History

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Bridgeport Machine Tool Works
Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Sep 19 2012 12:17PM by joelr4
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This company was founded in 1880 by Edward P. Bullard Sr.. In 1894, it became the Bullard Machine Tool Co.

This is not the firm that made Bridgeport milling machines.That company was Bridgeport Machines Inc.

Information Sources

American Lathe Builders: 1810-1910 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2001
American Machinist, 17 Jan 1907, pg. 97

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