In 1893 Hans Asmus Schneekloth, doing business as H. A. Schneekloth in New York, was manufacturing a patent punching, shearing, stamping and forging machine plus a metal bending machine. This appears to have been a short-lived venture, as we have only found a few ads, all of which appeared in The Iron Age during 1893, and city directories from that era list him variously as a model maker, pattern maker, or machinist.

Between 1870 and 1902 Schneekloth was granted several patents, for a hoist, a barber's chair, various iron-working machines, a telephone receiver, and cigar rolling machines.

From 1893-06-22 The Iron Age

Information Sources

• 1871 Trow's New York City Directory has no listings for a Hans A. Schneekloth.
• 1880 Trow's New York City Directory has no listings for a Hans A. Schneekloth.
• 1890 Trow's Business Directory of New York lists under Model Makers, "Schneekloth Hans A. 530 W. 28th". The same listing appears under Pattern Makers.
• 1894 Trow's New York City Directory lists "Schneekloth Hans A., Machinist & pattern maker, 530 W. 28th, h 373 8th av".
• 1897 Trow's New York City Directory lists "Schneekloth Hans A. machinery, 530 W. 28th, h 406 W 28th".
• 1898 Trow's Business Directory of the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx lists under Machinists, "Schneekloth Hans A. 530 W. 28th". The same listing appears under Pattern Makers.