Vouchers indicate that the shop had least one
Bridgeport engine lathe with 16- 20-inch swing and six-foot bed, Bogert
engine lathe with 16-inch swing and six-foot bed, and Pratt Whitney lathe
of the same dimensions.
The large machines the first floor machine shop were built order. Manning, Maxwell, Moore controlled sales Putnam and Hendy tools. Dickson (figure 99) shows the shop appeared
around 1890. The benches that line the two long walls today were place, as
were the radial drill and 42-inch planer.L.449
449 Joseph Taft, "Specifications Machinery Foundations" [summer, 1887] 1887, WOL-General,
D-87-55; Planer: Voucher 232, March 31, 1887, also Bement Miles Charles Batchelor, October and 15,
1887 (in 1887, WOL-General, D-87-55); Radial Drill: Voucher 233, February 1888, Inspection
Certificate, February 1888 (in 1887, WOL-General, D-87-55). The latter two remain
in the shop today.equipped shop that period. Bullard was exclusive agent for Brown Sharpe, Bridgeport Tool Co.K. E.450 Many the small and medium sized lathes, shapers, and drill presses
were purchased stock items., and Jno. Bogert. They are big that they are supported brick piers that had
to built before the shop’s floor was framed. least two small lathes and drill press
were installed the north (courtyard) side the shop.
Philadelphia’s Bement, Miles, Company made five the largest machines in
the shop: horizontal boring mill with six-foot table, 20-inch planer, 20-inch
lathe, six-foot universal radial drill, and 42-inch planer.
450 Voucher 784, November 16, 1887; Voucher 725, October 20, 1887.
132
., Slate
Machine Co. The horizontal boring mill was on
the opposite side the central aisle. Batchelor made point ordering machines from
well-known manufacturers with reputations for first class products.P. The 30-inch Putnam lathe, which now
stands the south side the shop, was first placed the aisle the north side
toward the courtyard.451
A photograph taken W.
Other large machines included two Putnam engine lathes, one with huge 64-inch
swing and 17-foot-long bed, the other with 30-inch swing and 12-foot
bed. The photograph shows
three more small lathes and what may horizontal drum sander the south
side, toward Lakeside Avenue.
Work this shop depended almost entirely daylight.
451 Voucher 138, May 18, 1887; Voucher 450, April 27, 1888; Voucher 1081, September 24, 1888; Voucher
1422, December 10, 1888. The four five hanging
incandescent bulbs with flat reflectors would have done little provide necessary
light for the work. The faceplate and tailstock the 64-inch Putnam lathe are
visible through the headframe the planer
