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Force & Briggs
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

History

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Founded as a partnership between John W. Briggs and Frederick J. Force, this firm sold new and used machinery. It was dissolved in 1902 when Briggs bought out Force's interest and renamed the firm, Briggs Machinery Co. The new firm specialized in handling woodworking machinery and gas engines.

Sold Gas Engines invented by J. Kowalsky.

Information Sources

American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 181
Iron Age, 25 Sept 1902, pg. 29

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