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Manufacturers Index - Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co.

Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co.
La Salle, IL, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History
Last Modified: Dec 17 2017 12:06PM by Jeff_Joslin
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The Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co. manufactured surface grinders. Data points on the company are exceedingly sparse but span 1929 to 1966.

Catalog image of a No. 10 Illinois plain and surface grinder

Information Sources

  • La Salle, Illinois is often spelled LaSalle or Lasalle. We follow the spelling used on their local government website.
  • Listed in the 1939 Mechanical Engineers Catalog and Product Directory.
  • The 1941 A.S.M.E. Mechanical Catalog and Directory lists this firm as a maker of grinding machines.
  • A U.S. Government publication, Prices of New Machine Tools, as of March 1, 1941 lists this company as a grinder maker. There is a table of "Last Serial No. for the Year" that has entries for Illinois Machine & Manufacturing Co.: "1929.... 11-36 and 10-A-45 / 1935.... 11-43 and 10-A-52".
  • 1942 National Defense Migration. Hearings before the Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration lists this firm as makers of surface grinding machines, disc grinders, slitting machines, dies, jigs, tools."
  • Listed in the 1966 MacRae's Blue Book under "Grinders, Surface" and "Machines, recoiling (tight or loose)".