Lodge and Shipley Company - Machine Tools Specimen Stock Certificate

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Founded by William Lodge and Murray Shipley. William Lodge was born in Leeds, and served his apprenticeship with Peter Fairbairn and Co. In the 1860s he emigrated to the USA, where he worked from 1869 to 1872 for Chambers Brothers of Philadelphia, before moving to Cincinnati and worked for John Steptoe for 8 years, before starting a partnership with William Barker, and, briefly, a Mr Bechle, also from Steptoe's works. In 1886 Barker sold his interest to Charles Davis, and the firm traded as Lodge and Davis until 1892, when Lodge sold his interest to Thomas P. Egan, and the firm became Davis and Egan, later the American Tool Works Co. 1892 Lodge established the Ohio Machine Tool Co, and a year later he joined up with Murray Shipley to establish the Lodge and Shipley Machine Tool Co. The above information is taken from 'English & American Tool Builders' by Joseph Wickham Roe, 1916. Murray Shipley II was born in Cincinnati in 1865 and died in 1929. Read more at Gracesguide.co.uk

After William Lodge left Lodge & Davis he joined up with Murray Shipley in 1892 to form Ohio Machine Works, which was reorganized 6 months later as the Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Co. The firm became known for their high quality and often very large lathes. Some machinists refer to them affectionately as "Large & Shapely". The company was liquidated and ceased operations in 1987. Monarch Lathes purchased the rights to the lathes built by Lodge and Shipley. Read more at http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2104

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