This company was founded in 1893 by George Wilberforce Soulé. It lasted for over 100 years, closing its doors in 2002. Among its products was a line of lumber edgers. When Soulé closed its doors, their Miner Edger Works was purchased by Meadows Mills, Inc., which continues to manufacture and sell the Miner Edger line.

Following the 2002 shutdown, the Works were purchased, virtually intact by Jim McRae, who formed the non-profit Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum, Inc.. The Soulé site is now the home of the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum.

Information Sources

• Most of the information came from the Soulé Steam Feed Works website, which is now defunct. We viewed archived pages from the Internet Archive
• Besides the 1925 steam-engine patent listed below, the company also received a 1971 German patent, DE1939398, for a "Pump to pump oil from boreholes". Patent images can be viewed at the European patent site.
• Correspondent Tommy Ward provided the information on the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum.
• The following biographical information on George Soulé is taken from the Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum web site.
  George W. Soule', founder of the company, patented more than 40 items during his lifetime. G.W. Soule's patented products were sold worldwide. Mr. Soule' founded two other successful companies prior to 1900: Southern Standard Cotton Press Company and the Progress Manufacturing Company. These companies went out of business as demand for their products ceased. Soule' Steam Feed Works lasted for 110 years.