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George F. Shedd
Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Metal Working Machinery

History

Last Modified: Sep 13 2019 4:10PM by Mark Stansbury
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George F. Shedd manufactured small lathes and steam engines from the mid 1870s to at least 1890.

1880 advertisement

Information Sources

More history and machine information can be found at Tony Griffith's Lathe web site.
Scientific American, Vol. 33 No. 7, Aug. 14, 1875, Pg. 107.
The Middlesex County Directory, 1890, Pg. 231.

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