This firm was in business at least from 1873 to 1887, and probably for longer. They specialized in woodworking machinery, including planers and bandsaws.
Ad from August 1884 "American Wood Worker"
Information Sources
- Mentioned in 1873 and 1874 issues of Manufacturer & Builder
- Listed in the 1874 work, Wiley's American iron trade manual of the leading iron industries of the United States, as a maker of woodworking machinery.
- The 1876 work, Draft-book of Centennial carriages, displayed in Philadelphia, at the International exhibition of 1876, mentions E. & F. Gleason of Philadelphia as an exhibitor of woodworking machinery at the Centennial Exhibition.
- Double-surface planer ad in the April 1885 issue of "Carpentry and Building".