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Manufacturers Index - Washburn Shops

Washburn Shops
Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://www.me.wpi.edu/MPE/About/washburn.html
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

History
Last Modified: Jul 29 2015 9:32PM by joelr4
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Ichabod Washburn

In 1867, Ichabod Washburn—who owned the biggest wire-making factory in the country—donated a working manufacturing plant to the nascent Worcester Polytechnic Institute. That factory became known as the Washburn Shops, and in 1896 started manufacturing a "sensitive drill", among other products such as clutches and drafting tables.

Washburn Shops is still in existence, but production of the drill ceased many years ago.

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