The Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co. manufactured surface grinders. Data points on the company are exceedingly sparse but span 1929 to 1966.
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| Catalog image of a No. 10 Illinois plain and surface grinder |
Information Sources
- La Salle, Illinois is often spelled LaSalle or Lasalle. We follow the spelling used on their local government website.
- Listed in the 1939 Mechanical Engineers Catalog and Product Directory.
- The 1941 A.S.M.E. Mechanical Catalog and Directory lists this firm as a maker of grinding machines.
- A U.S. Government publication, Prices of New Machine Tools, as of March 1, 1941 lists this company as a grinder maker. There is a table of "Last Serial No. for the Year" that has entries for Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co.: "1929.... 11-36 and 10-A-45 / 1935.... 11-43 and 10-A-52".
- 1942 National Defense Migration. Hearings before the Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration lists this firm as makers of surface grinding machines, disc grinders, slitting machines, dies, jigs, tools."
- Listed in the 1966 MacRae's Blue Book under "Grinders, Surface" and "Machines, recoiling (tight or loose)".