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Manufacturers Index - E. Gould & Co.
History
Last Modified: Nov 2 2012 7:55AM by Jeff_Joslin
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This firm was presumably a successor to Gould Machine Co. and presumably the titular Gould was Ezra, best known for a mortising machine he designed that was ultimately copied by over a dozen firms in the United States and Canada.

Information Sources

  • Alexander Farnham's excellent book, Early tools of New Jersey and the men who made them shows an 1880s ad for this maker: "E. Gould & Co., Machinists, Manufacturers of lathes, gear & bolt cutters, planers, vertical drills, mortise machines, &c., Railroad Avenue, Corner of Green Street, Newark, N. J."
  • The November 1887 issue of "Manufacturer & Builder" notes that E. Gould & Eberhardt of Newark were exhibiting their line of metalworking machinery at the Fair of the American Institute.
  • Patent records suggest that the titular Gould was one Ezra Gould, who received an 1855 patent for a mortising machine.