A. L. Vandervort; B. W. Edwards - History

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A. L. Vandervort; B. W. Edwards
Laceyville, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery

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In June 1894 Arthur Lazell Vandervort, John Vandervort and James Derie Owen, all of Laceyville, Pennsylvania, applied for a patent on a log turner. By 1896 it was being manufactured by A. L. Vandervort. In 1899 it was being manufactured by B. W. Edwards, and by 1913 the Edwards Log Turner was being manufactured by Edwards Manufacturing Co., also of Laceyville.

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Ad in January 1901 The Wood Worker.
Findagrave.com pages on Bradley Wakeman Edwards (1843-1903), Arthur Lazelle Vandervort, and his father John Cornelius Vandervort. No information could be found on John Derie Owen (his middle name was given in the Canada patent that the three inventors were awarded).