Douglass Manufacturing Co. - History

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Douglass Manufacturing Co.
Seymour, CT; New York, NY, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Mar 3 2012 5:28PM by joelr4
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This company was in business at least 1867-1874, and likely for longer. Their products included boring machines.

Information Sources

From ad in 1867 Scientific American.
Listed in a work published by the United States Centennial commission, Official Catalog of the 1876 International Exhibition, as a maker of "mechanics edge tools and boring implements."
Carriage and Wagon Makers Machinery and Tools by Kenneth L. Cope, 2004 page 10, 82 & 176

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