Manufacturers Index - Vulcan Iron Works
Vulcan Iron Works
San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class:
Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines
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15,309
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Jul. 08, 1856
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Improved water-wheel
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John Tyler |
West Lebanon, NH |
This is the main patent for the important Tyler turbine wheel, which was somewhat similar to the earlier but unpatented Francis turbine water wheel (see patent 39,562 for more on the Francis turbine). Tyler's subsequent improvements were issued as patent 20,456 (reissued as 3,018), 44,240, 52,625, 130,608, and 147,351. This present patent was reissued as 3,015 and then as 4,539, which was applied for and issued after this patent had expired. See that reissue for more information. |
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425,386
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Apr. 08, 1890
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Saw-mill set-works
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Robert E. Nevin |
San Francisco, CA |
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468,303
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Feb. 02, 1892
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Bandsaw mill
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Charles J. Koeford |
San Francisco, CA |
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710,871
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Oct. 07, 1902
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Boring and tenoning machine
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Arthur A. Koch |
Montezuma, IA |
In 1903 the Koch Mfg. Co. was manufacturing this boring and tenoning machine. That firm moved to Grinnell, IA and reorganized as the Grinnell Mfg. Co. but as far as we can tell the reorganized firm did not make this machine. A 1911 ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Mason City, IA, shows this machine.
The inventor must have thought highly of this invention as he also obtained British patent 190,300,091 and Canada patent 84,676 for it; this is his only invention—of which he had several—for which he obtained foreign patents. |
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84,676
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Jan. 05, 1904
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Boring and tenoning machine
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Arthur Alfred Koch |
Montezuma, IA |
In 1903 the Koch Mfg. Co. was manufacturing this boring and tenoning machine. That firm moved to Grinnell, IA and reorganized as the Grinnell Mfg. Co. but as far as we can tell the reorganized firm did not make this machine. A 1911 ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Mason City, IA, shows this machine. |
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2,513,481
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Jul. 04, 1950
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Cane Mill
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Francis Hegenbarth |
Wilkesbarre, Luzerine County, PA |
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