This company is known to have made a wood sawing machine intended for farm use, and a blacksmiths' punch and shear. The latter claimed that it was the only machine that would punch 7 sizes of holes without removing the punches from the machine. The automatic sliding punch rack did not require a wrench to change punches. William A Langjahr received US Patent 629,862 on Aug. 1, 1899 for the punch and shear.
Information Sources
- From the Seventh Annual Cooperative Tractor Catalog, 1922, this firm is listed as a maker of "wood sawing machines".
- Images of America : Plymouth, Plymouth Historical Society and Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, Arcadia Publishing, 2006, pg. 59.
The Plymouth Foundry and Machine Company located on South Stafford Street was started in 1885 by G. A. Albrecht, Charles Fuchs, and Charles Knauer. By 1936 the firm produced silage cutters, silo fillers, gear shift pulleys for Fortlson tractors, and punch and shear machines. Sometime in 1969 the firm moved to Grafton where it was known as United Foundry, employing about 45 people.