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States Machine Co.
Newark, NJ, Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

History

Last Modified: May 13 2020 4:01PM by Mark Stansbury
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The firm was founded in 1890 by Abraham Vanderbeek and reorganized as the Vanderbeek Tool Works in 1898. After Vanderbeek's death May 9, 1917, the firm was succeeded by Ainslie Machine & Tool Works, owned by William Ainslie, also of Hartford.

Information Sources

American Milling Machine Builders: 1820-1920 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2007, Pg. 184.
Hartford Courant, May 10, 1917, Pg. 9.
Hartford Courant, July 8, 1935, Pg. 4.

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