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.