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Frank Wheeler & Son
Meriden, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: May 19 2020 3:47PM by Mark Stansbury
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Beginning as Frank Wheeler, the firm specialized in power presses in the early 1890s. There are references as recent as 1922 to Frank Wheeler & Son, manufacturer of power presses.

Information Sources

The Electrical World, Vol. 19, No. 13, Mar. 26, 1892, Pg. 220.
The Metal Worker, Vol. 41, No. 18, May 5, 1894, Pg. 35.

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