This little-known company is believed to have been in operation from the late 1870s through to 1909. The owner/operator was likely Oscar Allen.
Advertisement from May 1898 "The Wood-Worker"
Information Sources
- The August 1893 Carriage Monthly has an illustrated article on the "Rotary Feed Double Spoke Throater" made by Empire Machine Works, Mount Morris, New York. This article is reprinted in the Astragal Press book, Wheelmaking: Wooden Wheel Design and Construction
- Ad for wheel-making machinery in the May 1898 issue of "The Wood-Worker", including an "Allen Patent" spoke throater.
- Oscar Allen of Mount Morris, NY, received an 1877 patent for a spoke-polishing lathe; 1880 and 1887 patents for a spoke throater; and a 1909 patent for a felly-polishing machine.