L. Wright's Machine Depot became Wright & Smith when Charles B. Smith joined Wright in 1862. It remained in business until at least 1874, and probably longer.

This firm made "steam engines, machine tools, wood-working machinery, etc.", but most notably, scrollsaws.

      WRIGHT & SMITH, 9 to 13 Alling-street. These machine works were established in 1855 by Mr. L. Wright, who continued as proprietor until 1862, when Mr. Chas. B. Smith became interested, and since then the business has been conducted under the present style. The firm manufactures steam engines, machinists' tools, wood-working machinery, jewelers' machinery, and general out-fits for factories, planing mills, &c. They are specially engaged in manufacturing Wright's variable speed attachment for sewing machines, which instantly changes the speed of a machine by a positive power. The business of the firm has not yet fully recovered from the effects of the general depression in the iron industry. The working force now employed numbers 50 men, and the weekly wages are $700. The value of annual production is $55,000.” (Quote from 1874.)

Information Sources

• The Industrial Interests of Newark, N. J, 1874, pg. 65
• The book, Early tools of New Jersey and the men who made them, by Alexander Farnham, shows an 1866 ad for this firm: "254, 256, 258 & 260 Market St., Newark N. J. / Foot scroll saw for all kinds of scroll sawing / Manufacturers of first class machinists tools and wood working machinery. / Send for a catalogue."
• Farnham's book says that "L. Wright's Machine Depot" became "Wright & Smith" when Charles B. Smith joined Wright in 1862.
• An 1865 scrollsaw patent was granted to Lysander Wright, and assigned to this firm. An 1866 friction-clutch patent to Charles B. Smith was also assigned to this firm.
• Mentioned in Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867 as an exhibitor of a "scroll sawing machine".
• The 1874 work, Wiley's American iron trade manual of the leading iron industries of the United States, has the following information for this firm: "9 Alling Street. Steam engines, machine tools, wood-working machinery, etc. N. Y. office, 93 Liberty Street."