1908 Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. Catalogue - ORIGINAL, US $50.00 – Picture 0

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1908 Waterbury Farrel Foundry And Machine Co. Catalogue - Original

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Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 30th

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Waterbury Farrel Catalogue S, Section S – Shearing Presses, Slitting Machines and Alligator Shears for Cutting Off Metal Bars, Sheets, Etc., and for Slitting Sheet Metal, by Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Company, Waterbury, Conn., 1908. 6 x 9 paperback, 60 pages. Please note this is an ORIGINAL, not a reproduction. The company is still a going concern, and specializes in making machinery for producing ammunition. This book is in good condition. The worst problem is the front and back covers are completely detached, and are edgeworn. The pages are clean, and the rest of the binding is intact. This ORIGINAL catalog of heavy industrial equipment is richly illustrated, and presents the following machinery built by Waterbury Farrel: Squaring Shears; Presses with Shearing Features; Bar Iron Cutters; Solid Back Shear Presses; Power Sprue Cutter; Alligator and Lever Shears; Single Slitters; Circle Cutters and Circular Shears; Gang Slitters; Trimming Machines; and Special Machinery, including a Helical Tube Slitter. The History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut, Volume from 1918 states that The plant of the present Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company was started in 1851 and in 1857 was conducted in connection with the Ansonia Foundry under the name of the Farrel Foundry & Machine Company and so continued until 1880 when the Farrels sold out In the latter year the present company was organized as the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company with EC Lewis as president Wm E Fulton as secretary and George B Lam har as superintendent The men at the head of affairs have been with the company for many years William E Fulton is president David C Griggs secretary and William S Fulton is treasurer Its capital is $440,000 It has constructed eleven factory buildings on its present site since 1900 In 1901 a four story brick factory building 48 by 196 was erected In 1902 the three story brick and steel factory 4 by 194 was put up It has built additions nearly every year those in the period from 191 5 to 191 7 summing up approximately $150,000 The Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company designs and builds rolling mill machinery for brass copper and German silver brass tube and wire machinery hydraulic presses power presses drop presses foot presses cartridge and special machinery and rivet machines for making automatically rivets bolts and screw blanks In the two plants it now employs about eight hundred hands Edward C Lewis formerly president of the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company was one of the best known manufacturers in this section He came to Waterbury in the early 50s to manage the branch of what was then known as the Ansonia Farrel Foundry & Machine Company He died October 24 190 1 and at that time was a director in the Dime Savings Bank one of the original projectors of the Manufacturers Bank president of the Oakville Company a director in the Benedict & Burnham Company the Plume & Atwood Company and the Holmes Booth & Haydens Company

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Seller Notes	“This book is in good condition. The worst problem is the front and back covers are completely detached, and are edgeworn. The pages are clean, and the rest of the binding is intact.”