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ANTIQUE FOUNDRY HUGE WOOD ROUND GEAR PATTERN FROM INDUSTRIAL BROWNHOIST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN
This item is a really large interesting round wood foundry mold which makes a gear with teeth. It is from Industrial Brownhoist which made cranes. It measures 52" tall X 4" deep. The mold is in very good condition considering it's age and use. There is a small metal tag 207A1 and a larger metal tag KG 2278-1. It is also stamped in the other side "RING A 2278. What a neat piece with a very interesting shape and color to add interest to your interior. It has black paint with some natural wood. This foundry was in business from 1873 to 1983 and made the cranes for the Panama Canal construction. I have it listed as local pickup only, but would be willing to pack it for shipment for $20.00. It would probably need to go UPS Freight so that would be additional. We could get it to the UPS Store. I have added the following interesting historic information about the Industrial Brownhoist company Heritage / Businesses / Industrial Industrial Works (1873-1983) aka. - Industrial Brownhoist Foot of Columbus Ave., btwn. Water St. & River - Bay City, MI Marvin Kusmierz (Dec. 2002 / Updated Jun. 2007) 1950s - Aerial of Manufacturing property and buildings. On March 4, 1873 -- a group of local businessmen purchased the MacDowell Foundry Company in Bay City, Michigan and began a new business called the Industrial Works . This small company eventually became a world leader as a manufacturer of large lifting cranes. Many families of Bay County have a history related to the Industrial Works which was later known as Industrial Brownhoist before becoming a division of the American Hoist and Derrick Company . Operating for over 100 years , it established itself as one of Bay County's longest running and most important businesses, providing employment for thousands of workers during its existence. Among the original founders of the company were George Kimball, James Clements, Edgar A. Cooley, Ebenezer Wells, Ezra Seaman and Phillip Bach . All were from Ann Arbor except for Kimball who was from Saginaw , where was head of the Pere Marquette Railroad office. Officers of the company were: George Kimball , president; James Clements , vice-president; Ebenezer Wells , treasurer; Charles Wells (son of Ebenezer), secretary. The company's initial property holding was 100 ft of river frontage that ran to Water street and included a 50 x 100 plot across Water street . An old wood building for the foundry sat on this plat. A blacksmith shop and several machine shop buildings were located on the riverside of Water street . The initial work force consisted of about 25 people. The new company continued in the line of work done by the former MacDowell Foundry , which was primarily doing equipment repair work for the many local sawmills, and supplying galvanized piping used in salt mines. In addition, they added capabilities for supplying manufacturing saws (gang and circular) and building engines and boilers used by local sawmills and shipbuilders. The company was formed the same year as the financial panic of 1873 , and like many other businesses, it struggled financially to survive. Kimball , left his position as president and returned to the railroad business, and James Clements took over as president. This change proved to be a stroke of luck that would lead the company into a new direction. In 1880, Kimball returned to the Industrial Works, not as an employee, but as a customer. He needed to have a special steam shovel designed for doing railroad excavating , and he wanted the Industrial Works to build it. The company took on the new project which was completed in 1881. It was the first railroad steam shovel made in the United States . It wasn't long thereafter that Sam Edgerly of the Michigan Central Railroad (MCRR) contacted the company. MCRR had designed and built a prototype shovel themselves, and they were looking for an ou...
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