The United States Lathe & Machine Co. was established in 1916 by J. U. Manischewitz, Max Manischewitz, Vincent H. Beckman, Edward Feilhauer, and Edward Greiber. Their stated goal was to make lathes for European powers involved in the war, and their lathes were not for making shells, but for making the machines that make shells. As far as we can tell the company only survived for a year or so.

During their brief existence the company introduced a 20-inch heavy-duty engine lathe with flat-belt drive, and quick-change gears of either single- or double-stage design.

From March 1917 Machinery. This machine, with three-step pulley, has double back gears. The version with single back gears has a five-step pulley.

The company had some kind of connection with another firm, the Queen City Engineering & Machine Co.: the newly formed U. S. Lathe & Machine Co. took over Queen City's factory when that firm moved to larger quarters, and Edward Feilhauer was involved in the founding of both companies. The most likely possibility is that Queen City developed some lathe models but it was seen as a risky venture so they spun off a separate company

Information Sources

• 1916-04-20 The Iron Trade Review.

  The United States Lathe & Tool Co., Cincinnati, will take over the plant of the Queen City Engineering Co., that city, and begin the manufacture of lathes.

• May 1916 Iron Tradesman.

  The United States Lathe Company has been incorporated with $20,000 capital by J. U. Manischewitz, M. Manischewitz and E. Failhauer, and will erect a factory in Cincinnati.

• The September 1916 Machinery has an article on the new 20-inch heavy-duty lathe from United States Lathe & Machine Co.
• The November 1916 Machinery has an article on the double-back-geared version of the 20-inch lathe from United States Lathe & Machine Co.
• 1917 Condensed Catalogues of Mechanical Equipment lists United States Lathe & Machine Co., Cincinnati, as makers of engine lathes and heavy-duty lathes.
• 1918-05-04 The waste Trade Journal.

  The United States Lathe and Tool Company, Cincinnati, is to remove its plant at 2001 South street to a large building it has leased on West End Street.

• 1922 Williams' Cincinnati Directory lists
• A PracticalMachinist.com discussion has pictures and discussion of a lathe marked "The United States Lathe / Cincinnati, O. U.S.A." The "United States" part of the name appears to have been modified from an earlier name.
• Max Manischewitz and Jacob Uria Manischewitz were sons of Rabbi Dov Behr Manischewitz who had founded the famous B. Manischewitz Co., makers of matzo and other kosher foods. Source: genealogy page.
• The following sources relate to the Queen City Engineering & Machine Co.:
  • 1912-10-28 Industrial World, in a section on new businesses.

    Queen City Engineering & Machine Company. Cincinnati; manufacturing and repairing machinery; $10,000. Rudolph Feilhauer, Edmund Feilhauer, Clyde C. Penny, Henry J. Brumlage, Charles J. Brumlage.

  • February 1916 Iron Tradesman.

    The Queen City Engineering and Machine Company has leased larger quarters, and President Edward Feilhauer says the operating capacity of the plant will be considerably enlarged.

  • 1916-04-20 The Iron Trade Review.

    The United States Lathe & Tool Co., Cincinnati, will take over the plant of the Queen City Engineering Co., that city, and begin the manufacture of lathes.

  • 1922 Williams' Cincinnati Directory lists Edmund Feilhauer as the president and treasurer of "The Queen Engineering Co. 1516 W 6th". A. C. Blaisdell was vice president.
  • 1929 Williams' Cincinnati Directory lists Edmund Feilhauer as the president, secretary and treasurer of "The Queen City Engineering Co., rear 650 Evans".