Ajax Manufacturing Company.

Historical sketch courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

The Ajax Manufacturing Company was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1875 by John Rollin Blakeslee (1843-1906). Blakeslee had earlier operated the Blakeslee Manufacturing Company, also in Cleveland, which manufactured nuts, bolts, rivets, and pins. Ajax Manufacturing Company, operating at 3830 Lakeside Avenue, discontinued headed products to concentrate on forging equipment and cold drawing equipment for the cold-heading industry. By 1910 the company had constructed a 7" forging machine, the largest of its kind, and incorporated steel forging into its crankshaft, a feature Ajax had developed earlier.

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