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The 50,000-ton press was the largest machine in the world at the time, 10 stories high and with foundations extending 100 ft (30 m) into bedrock. In 1983, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated the 50,000-ton forging press in North Grafton as a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark. [6]
The press, circa 1985. The Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton forging press is a forging press located at the Wyman-Gordon Grafton Plant that was built as part of the Heavy Press Program by the United States Air Force. It was manufactured by Loewy Hydropress of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began operation in October, 1955. [1]
Ferracute Machine Company initially started out as a machine shop but it eventually went on to produce metal forming presses. Early presses were manufactured to make tin cans but eventually the larger Ferracute presses were used extensively to produce automobile parts for Cadillac, Packard, Pierce, Chrysler, Ford and others. [1]
American Type Founders (ATF) Co. was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85 percent of all type manufactured in the United States at the time. [1] The new company, consisting of a consolidation of firms from throughout the United States, was incorporated in New Jersey. [2]
[12] [13] [14] In 1996, Verson built what was referred to by the Chicago Tribune as the "mother of all machine tools," a 2,500-ton press as big as a house. It was capable of stamping out parts for 3,000 automobiles per day. Destined for Chrysler Corp., it had to be disassembled into 50 different pieces in order to be shipped. [15] [16]
Lyman Skinner Ayres I (September 4, 1824 – May 7, 1896) was the founder of L. S. Ayres and Company, a regional department store chain whose flagship store and headquarters were located in Indianapolis, Indiana. [1] The L. S. Ayres and Company name remained in use for 132 years. [2]
Tractor Supply Company (also known as TSCO or TSC), founded in 1938, is an American chain store that sells home improvement, agriculture, lawn and garden maintenance, livestock, equine and pet care equipment and supplies. It caters to farmers, ranchers, pet owners, and landowners.
A list of editions of the Holy Scriptures and parts thereof printed in America previous to 1860. Albany : Munsell & Rowland. P. Paltsits, Victor Hugo (1920). John Holt, Printer and Postmaster. Bulletin of the New York Public Library. Parkinson, Robert G. (2021). "Print, the Press, and the American Revolution".