This company succeeded H. W. Beach, which had succeeded Henry L. Beach. Beach Manufacturing Co. was in operation by 1911. By 1982 it had been succeeded by the shortlived Beachmont Co., which in turn was succeeded by Beachmont-Tabor Co. By 1986 Beachmont-Tabor had ceased doing business and the Beach line of machinery finally disappeared from the marketplace.

At some point between 1911 and 1922, Beach bought out or otherwise took over operations of sanding-machinery maker W. A. Heath Machine Co., which moved its operations to Montrose and was operated as the Heath Machine Co. In addition, Beachmont-Tabor owned the line of MAX sanders originally made by Max Manufacturing Co. It is possible, but unconfirmed, that the MAX line was acquired during the Beach or Beachmont eras.

Information Sources

• The December 1902 The Wood-Worker has an advertisement from H. W. Beach, "successors to H. L. Beach".
• An undated tablesaw catalog for Beach Manufacturing Company says, on the cover, "successors to H. W. Beach".
• 1915 ad for a combination disk and drum sander.
• 1920, 1943, 1950 catalogs.
• Listings and ad in 1955-56 edition of Hitchcock's Wood-Worker's Digest Directory.
• The March 1922 issue of Cornell Alumni News carried the following tidbit: "1916 ME—John A. McKeage is efficiency expert for the Beach Manufacturing Company and the Heath Machine Company, located in Montrose, Pa." A data point for the W. A. Heath Machine Co. shows that in 1911 they were still located in Lestershire, NY.