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Murray Iron Works Co.
Sioux City, IA; Burlington, IA, U.S.A.
Company Website: http://investor.dresser-rand.com/releases.cfm?ReleasesType=&Year=2005
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

History

Last Modified: Mar 31 2013 8:15PM by joelr4
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This maker of steam engines and boilers also product a band sawmill. Murray Iron Works is still in operation as Dresser-Rand/Murray Turbo Machinery, and now manufactures steam turbines.

Information Sources

Assigned an 1896 patent for a bandsaw mill.
American Steam Engine Builders: 1800-1900 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2006 page 163

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