![]() ![]() The next year, he commenced to make swords, which had until this time all been imported, under the impression that they could not be made in this country, and secured contracts at once to supply them to our army and navy. Ames, then a young man of twenty-six, started a small cutlery in the blacksmith shop of the Chicopee Manufacturing Company, at Chicopee Falls, employed at the outset nine workmen. This history of this establishment, which has become one of the most extensive and important of its kind, not only in the United states but in the world, begins in 1829, when Mr. Besides bronze statuary and swords, the manufactures of the Ames Company embrace machinery, of the heaviest and strongest kind (which has recently been greatly improved), and a variety of elegant silver-plated ware. So, too, may it justly claim a national reputation, from being one of the two only concerns ever employed by our government to cast its bronze cannon, and the first to manufacture and furnish to our army and navy American made swords. This establishment has stood for many years as the representative and exponent of American art in the production of elaborate and tasteful bronze statues that rival the choicest pieces from the foundries of Germany, France, and Italy. Alden." The entry then quoted the following article from the American Manufacturer of Pittsburg, Penn., which we quote in its entirety even though it does not mention woodworking machinery: Ames Manufacturing Company. President, Emerson Gaylord Manager and Agent, Gro. ![]() Machinery, machine tools, cannon and statuary of bronze, swords, and steel work, water-wheels, turbines, etc. The 1874 work, Wiley's American iron trade manual of the leading iron industries of the United States, has an entry for this firm: "AMES MANUFACTURING Co. Their machinery line included some drill presses of relatively modern design.Īlthough out of scope for this web site, we have a report of an Ames bayonet, dated 1864. They were successful and diversified, making machine tools, large cast bronze sculptures and statues, and brick-making machinery. They prospered, acquiring the Chicopee Falls Co. Ames, their first products being cutlery and swords. According to an article in 1876 Manufacturer & Builder, this company was founded in 1829 by Nathan P. ![]()
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