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Baker Iron Works
Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

History

Last Modified: Feb 21 2020 12:42PM by joelr4
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Founded in 1877 by Milo S. Baker and incorporated as Baker Iron Works in 1886. Mr, Baker died in 1894 and his son Fred Lawrence Baker took over the management of the company.

The company officers were; Fred Lawrence Baker, president; Milo A. Baker, vice-president; W. C. Kennedy, secretary; Harry S. Hitchcock, treasurer and J. Foster Rhodes, director.

Information Sources

Engineering Mechanics, V17, Oct 1898
Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea, V2, 1921, pgs. 26-29

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