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Last Modified: Jan 29 2018 4:47PM by joelr4
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We have a report of a molding machine labeled as follows:

THE LEE MOULDER
MANUFACTURED BY
BLAKE BROS, PROP's
PATENTED NOV 7, 1871
164 UNION ST. JAN 25, 1887
WORCESTER    MASS


    Charles H. Blake is listed as a machinist who had a shop in the Merrifield Buildings on Exchange St. He was a victim of the fire. Post fire, he formed a partnership with his brother, D.D. Blake in 1856. Doing business as the Blake Brothers, they advertised as making "shafting, pulleys, hangers, and had a patent for pulleys

Information Sources

  • Thanks to Scott W. Taylor for letting know of his molder.
  • Thanks to Elexine Dennis for historical information on this company.
  • The Worcester Directory, V57, 1885, pg. 666