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George U. Barstow & Sons
Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Aug 5 2008 8:53PM by Jeff_Joslin
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This 1870s company made barrel heading machinery.

Information Sources

Listed in the 1873 New England Business Directory. Thanks to Ben Campbell for this reference.

Listed in the 1874 work, Wiley's American iron trade manual of the leading iron industries of the United States: "Geo. U. Barston [sic] & Sons—Patent heading machines." We have not found any barrel machinery patents granted to a Barston, or to anyone from Camden, ME.

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