Papers, 1899-1901.

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Papers, 1899-1901.

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Letters, telegrams, documents, and clippings concerning an attempt to combine the largest engine companies in the United States, including Fraser and Chalmers and Edward P. Allis Company.

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Fraser and Chalmers (Milwaukee, Wis.)

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Friend, Jacob Elias, 1857-1912.

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Friend was president of Nordberg Manufacturing and a leader in the attempt to consolidate the industry. From the description of Papers, 1899-1901. (Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee). WorldCat record id: 24927656 ...

Allis-Chalmers Company

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Edward P. Allis Co.

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Nordberg Manufacturing Company

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Bruno Victor Nordberg was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1858. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki in 1878. In 1880 he migrated to the U.S. and to Milwaukee, and in 1889 founded the Nordberg Manufacturing Co. to manufacture an automatic governor, for which he held the patent. The company soon expanded into the manufacture of valve engines, pumps, hoists, compressors, and similar equipment. Nordberg was vice-president, designer, and draftsman for the company from 1890 to 1912, i...