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Manufactured/Badged by:
Champion Blower & Forge Co.
Lancaster, PA

True Manufacturer:
Champion Blower & Forge Co., Lancaster, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	8" post drill Model 101
Submitted By:	Bill Lee

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Post Drill 8" single speed
Date of Manufacturer:	pre-WWI
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Last Updated	4/21/2014 12:02:43 AM

Comments:

I picked this post drill up at a farm auction about 25 years ago for $35. It has its original board, stenciled "PKG 94", on the back, and "101" on the front. The drill is OD Green W/99% of its original paint on it. On the back of the board, a stapled tag, printed with a type writer, "From Engineer Supply Officer Pasco Central Depot Pasco, Washington. Contents to: Jack Zidell 925 SW Front, Portland 4, Oregon Voucher 31355-1 Pkg 94. Zidell Ship builders were located in Portland for many years. The "Pasco" depot, was the old "Spokane Portland & Seattle Ry, route, long gone & taken over by BNSF. This post drill was probably shipped from the Umatilla Army Depot in eastern Oregon from auction to Zidel ship builders before the first world war. The most amazing thing is how did that little OD Green wrench (in the first pic) stay with the drill for a hundred years? A cool piece of history.

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Comments: Champion Blower & Forge Co post drill Model 101
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Comments: PKG 94 Champion post drill
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Comments: origional shipping tag from Pasco Wa, SP&S Depot
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