Founded in 1840 by Avery Edwards and Oscar White under the name of Edwards & White. It was destroyed by fire in 1857 and Edwards proceeded to form a new partnership with one of his employees, Alonzo Stevens. The firm's name was changes to the Edwards & Stevens Machine Shop. In 1868, Edwards & Stevens added another partner, Frank Jubell and reincorporated as Edwards, Stevens & Co. In 1898, another fire swept through the factory. Jubell sold his interest and Edwards died in 1899 leaving Alonzo J. Stevens as sole owner. In 1901, Stevens sold the business to his son, Charles W. Stevens, who reorganized the company under the name Stevens Machine Co. That firm lasted until Charles W. Stevens death in 1911. The factory was finally sold to the American Woolen Co.

Information Sources

• 1873 New England Business Directory carries this listing: "EDWARDS, STEVENS & CO. Winooski Vermont. Planing machines, circular saw mills, wood turning lathes." Thanks to Ben Campbell for providing this data.
• Thus far, the only known woodworking-machinery patents to a Edwards or a Stevens in Vermont are
  • An 1864 stave-dresser patent granted to a George Stevens of East Hardwick, which is about 30 miles from Winooski.
  • An 1889 planing-machine patent granted to a Benjamin D. Stevens of Burlington, VT, which is less than two miles from Winooski. The patent in question was jointly assigned to Benjamin D. Stevens and Theodore S. Peck.
• Men of Vermont: an illustrated biographical history of Vermonters and sons of Vermont by Jacob G. Ullery, 1894 page 376
• Manufacturing in Winooski, Vermont, by Ashley Phillips