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Description: Reverse reads: "Sidney Lathe" Sidney Tool Company was founded in 1905 by Alfred C. Getz in Sidney, Ohio. Getz was also acting plant manager for Monarch Machine Tool, also in Sidney, during the same time. Sidney Machine Tool Co. was purchased by Buhr Machine Tool Co. in 1961, which was then purchase by Summerfeld Machine Co in 1963. They stopped manufacturing lathes in 1964. Sommerfeld-Sidney was then purchased by McMadden Machine Co in 1967. In 1974, John and Mary Sherbondy began using the name Sidney Machine Tool Co. and, using purchased drawings began supplying parts for Sidney lathes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_012_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Lathes; Machine tools
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)