Bowker & Williams Hoop Machine Co. - History

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Bowker & Williams Hoop Machine Co.
Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Aug 5 2008 8:53PM by Jeff_Joslin
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This company is known solely from patent records. Beginning in 1882, William Bowker and Robert Williams received patents on machinery for making wooden barrel-hoops. The early patents were assigned jointly to the inventors, but an 1886 patent is assigned to this firm.

Information Sources

From patent records.

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