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Manufacturers Index - Enterprise Co.

Enterprise Co.
Columbiana, OH, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery, Metal Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
450,151 Apr. 14, 1891 Governor for steam-engines Jonas Harrold Columbiana, OH Inventor Harrold was deceased at the time the patent was applied for. He was likely related to the four brothers who between them founded and operated both Enterprise Manufacturing Co. and Crescent Machine Co.
509,029 Nov. 21, 1893 Sawmill dogging mechanism Amos Harrold Columbiana, OH An intriguing patent: one of the witnesses is Elmer Harrold, who co-founded Crescent Machine Co. in the same year that this patent was issued. This patent date is reported on the dog holder on the head set of a "Medium New Buckeye Saw Mill" from Enterprise Mfg. Co. of Columbiana.
Amos Harrold later received another sawmill patent that was assigned to Aultman & Taylor: patent 822,449.
1,732,506 Oct. 22, 1929 Drive for sawmill carriages Homer H. Detwiler Columbiana, OH