In the 1866 to 1869 era, this partnership of Anton Saur and Albert B. Colton made a sawing machine for cutting up firewood.
Information Sources
- See patent 54,608.
- Indiana State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1862-3, published by G. W. Hawes & Co., lists "Saur & Colton, foundry and machine shop, near depot."
- Indiana State Gazetteer and Shippers' Guide for 1866-67, published by Rosser, Spring & Cowen, lists Saur & Colton as a foundry and machine shop in Franklin, Johnson County.
- H. C. Chandler & Co.'s 1868 Business Directory For Indiana lists, under foundries in Franklin, "Saur & Colton, on railroad".
- Eleventh Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, 1869. At the annual State Fair, "Lauer & Colton [sic], Franklin, Indiana, a convenient device for raising the saw, rolling up the logs, etc., with automatic brake for checking the motion of the saw as it finishes a cut."