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Leffel Water Wheel & Engine Co.
| Firmenname | Leffel Water Wheel & Engine Co. |
| Ortssitz | Springfield (Ohio) |
| Straße | Lagonda Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | 1874: "Jas. Leffel & Co.". 1886: "James Leffel & Co., Manufacturers of Leffel's improved double turbine water wheels and Bookwater steam engines". Die von ihm erfundene Wasserturbine wurde von seinem Schwiegersohn John W. Bookwalter verbessert. [Anzeigen (1894+1911)]: "James Leffel & Co.". [Katalog (1892)]: "James Leffel, Founders, Machinists & Engineers Builders von Steam Engines & Steel Boilers; Western Office: Springfield, Ohio; Eastern Office: 110 Liberty Street, New York City" (hier auch 1886). 1895/1945: "The James Leffel & Company". 1891: fast 30 Jahre im Geschäft. Vergl. um 1894 auch "W. C. Leffel Co.", die sich als Nachfolger obiger Firma bezeichnet. |
| Quellenangaben | http://www.memoriallibrary.com/Trans/RRGaz/ADS/leffel.htm [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 120] [Howe: Historical Collection Ohio (1888)] [Annual Labor Review (1918), Part 7] |
| Hinweise | [www.vintagemachinery.org]: Werksabbildung |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1838 |
James Leffel baut die erste Gießerei und und Maschinenfabrik, die in der Umgebung je gebaut wurde, in der West Main Street, gegenüber der ersten Brücke über den Buck Creek oder den Lagonda. |
| 1861/62 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Dampfkessel |
1892 |
[Katalog (1892)] |
1915 |
[Katalog (1915)] |
1892: Steel boilers (stellt einen Flammrohr-Rauchrohr -Zweizugkessel dar). 1893: Return flue boilers; 1915: Standard Internally Fired Return Tubular or Scotch MARINE Portable Boiler, standard tubular, standard vertical |
| Dampfmaschinen |
1886 |
Briefbogen |
1915 |
[Katalog (1915)] |
1886: "Bookwater Steam Engines" (stehende, an den stehenden Kessel montiert). 1892: Mit Gabelrahmen, fliegendem Schwungrad und oben schrägliegendem Schieberkasten. 1893: "self contained side crank engines" für 8, 12, 16, 20 PS. 1915: Class A Standard Center Crank Throttling Engine, Class B Standard Center Crank Automatic Cut Off Engines |
| Francis-Sprialturbinen |
1945 |
Werbeblatt "Leffel hydrualic turbines" |
1945 |
Werbeblatt "Leffel hydrualic turbines" |
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| Lokomobilen |
1892 |
[Katalog (1892)] |
1915 |
[Katalog (1915)] |
sowohl nicht selbstfahrende; als auch ortsfeste, vertikale Kleindampfmaschinen, die direkt am stehenden Kessel montiert sind. 1915: Portable Horizontal Engine and Vertical Boiler (fahrbar und ortsfest, auch undertype). 1894: ortsfeste mit Zweizugkessel (Schornstein über der Feuerung). |
| Wasserturbinen |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1945 |
Werbeblatt "Leffel hydrualic turbines" |
Vorgabe: Turbine wheels. 1893: "Old reliable Jes. Leffel Wheel" [Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer]. Wirbt 1945 mit einem Wirkungsgrad von 94,57% als Weltrekord. |
| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
Kommentar |
| 1874 |
160 |
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| 1888 |
66 |
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| 1918 |
200 |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| Zeit |
Bezug |
Abfolge |
andere Firma |
Kommentar |
| 1 |
Umbenennung |
danach |
W. C. Leffel Co. |
vor 1894 |
| ZEIT | 1918 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | An international business is done by this large Springfield manufacturing plant. The most famous products of the company are turbine water wheels, steam engines, and boilers. Years of service and durability have made a reputation for Leffel machinery which cannot be surpassed by any other concern and which have made it virtually a standard for other concerns. Up-to-date methods, combined with a great degree of cooperation at the plant between officials and employes, have combined to form an important factor in the success of the concern. Established since 1861, the company has rapidly forged ahead in the industrial world until it has reached the commanding position it now occupies. More than 200 skilled workmen are given employment at the factory, which is doing a large share in the laudable work of keeping on the industrial map. Equipment of the plant throughout is of the most modern type to insure successful and rapid operation of the business. Transportation facilities are excellent for prompt delivery of orders to all parts of the United States and foreign countries. To handle orders from other countries, the company has arranged to use several telegraph codes, including Leffel's private, Lieber's standard, A. B. C. 4th and 5th edition Clausen-Thue, Lieber's five-letter American, and others. The cable address of the concern is "Leffel Springfield, Ohio". Orders may be placed over the Long Distance telephone by calling Main 59. Officials of the company need no introduction in the business world, locally or nationally, but it is always a pleasure to recommend these men to the support and cooperation of our many friends. James Leffel & Company is to Springfield what the N. C. R. is to Dayton. |
| QUELLE | [Annual Labor Review (1918), Part VII] |
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