Formed in 1875,
S. S. Hepworth & Co. moved to Yonkers in 1883 and changed names in the early 1900s to
S. S. Hepworth Co. They were still operating under that name in 1941.
Around 1885, this firm made extra heavy lathes for facing flanges.
Information Sources
- American Lathe Builders: 1810-1910 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2001 page 80