In what year was the Gates Iron Works founded? And did Philetus
Woodworth Gates found it?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 25 Jun 2004 16:50 PDT

Hi kentheb,

I have located the year Gates Iron Works was formed according to a
book on Allis-Chalmers. However, I have found no reference to the
founder of the company. If this information interests you, perhaps you
would like to decrease the price of this question according to the
information I can provide.

Please let me know your views.

Regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by kentheb-ga on 25 Jun 2004 18:21 PDT

Rainbow --

I haven't even been able to find the year you found. If you'll give me
the year with the title and page of the Allis-Chalmers book denoting
the year, I'm still good for at least $20.00.

                              -- Ken Balthaser

Hi Ken,

According to the following two books, Gates Iron Works was founded in
the year 1842.

Allis-Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment 
By Norm Swinford
page 12

"The Gates Iron Works brings to the merger the famous Gates Gyratory
Crusher and a line of cement making machinery. The Gates firm started
in 1842 as a small blacksmith shop..."

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0760304858

Search strategy:
Using the Amazon "Search inside this book" facility, I was able to
locate the page where this information was found.


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The Allis-Chalmers Story
By Charles H. Wendel 

"Covers the history from the forming of the Gates Iron Works in 1842
to the final Deutz-Allis merger in 1985. Major sections also trace
Allis-Chalmers developments in such fields as lumber, grain milling,
hydraulics, steam engineering, electrical equipment and mining
machinery..."

Classic Ag
http://www.classicag.com/cohis/acch.htm


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"Gates Iron Works"
"Gates Iron Works" Philetus (no results)
"Philetus Woodworth Gates"
"Gates Iron Works" founder
"Gates Iron Works" founded
"Gates Iron Works" 1842


I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer please don't hesitate to ask before rating it.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Rainbow gave me a first-rate answer. I had searched diligently through
at least a dozen books and at least a dozen Web sites for the answers
(s)he found comparatively right away. I'm very pleased. -- kentheb

Hi Ken,
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment, rating, and very generous tip.
Best wishes,
Rainbow