Lucius W. Pond

Allgemeines

FirmennameLucius W. Pond
OrtssitzWorcester (Mass.)
Art des UnternehmensMaschinenfabrik
AnmerkungenWerk in Worcester. 1868: Warenraum in der 85 Liberty street, New York. 1869 Adresse auch: 98 Liberty Street, New York. 1874: "L. W. Pond".
Quellenangaben[Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 38] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 353]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1854 Die ursprüngliche Fabrik wird durch Feuer zerstört.




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Maschinenbau 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: General machinery
Transmissionen 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] Vorgabe: Shafting, mill-gearing
Wasserräder 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] Vorgabe: Superior turbine water wheels
Werkzeugmaschinen für Holzbearbeitung 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] Vorgabe: Wood working machinery
Werkzeugmaschinen für Metallbearbeitung 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] 1869 [Manufacturer and Builder 1 (1869) 128] Vorgabe: Iron working machinery




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfmaschine um 1868 unbekannt




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. Kommentar
1874 135        




Allgemeines

ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTMay be called the pioneer of those establishments which, from their number, have given such a distinctive character to the city of Worcester that some one has said if he were called upon to define its position, he would answer that it was bounded on the north by Engine Lathes, on the east by Planers, on the south by Steam Engines and Bolt Cutters, and on the west by Machinery for all sorts of purposes. Mr. Pond is the successor of Samuel Flagg, who came from Boylston and established in Worcester the first manufactory of Machinists' Tools. At that time it was asserted that he could supply, with his small force of six or ten men, all the tools of this description that would be required in the United States; and no one predicted that, in less than twenty years, Worcester alone would employ in the aggregate a thousand men on this class of machinery. Mr. Pond began in Mr. Flagg's establishment as an apprentice, then became foreman, and not long afterwards a partner. In 1854 the original manufactory was destroyed in the great fire, and though the loss was very heavy through the failure of the Insurance Companies, every creditor was paid in full, and no one was ever solicited to accept less than the amount of his claim justly due. Subsequently, during the same year, Mr. Pond purchased the interests of the other partners, and soon after erected a new building near the former site, and commenced the manufacture of tools for his individual account, which he has since successfully prosecuted without a partner. The main building in which his manufacturing operations are now carried on is one hundred and ninety-four feet long, forty feet wide, and three stories high. To this are attached a smith's shop, pattern shop, and boiler room. Among the remarkable machines to be seen in the lower floor of the main building is an immense iron planer weighing thirty-two tons, another weighing fifteen tons, and a horizontal boring and turning lathe, particularly adapted to boring steam cylinders. Th-is lathe originated in this establishment, though it has been extensively copied by others. The second floor is appropriated principally to the manufacture of medium-size Engine Tables, Drilling Machines, and the manufacture of Tafts' celebrated Patent Rolling Lever Punching and Shearing Machines, Mr. Pond having the exclusive right of manufacture; while the third floor is used in part for the manufacture of light machinery - also the manufacture of a new and greatly improved Spring Caliper, said by experts to be destined to supersede those of English manufacture, as they can be furnished for about one halt' the cost. The machinery is driven by an upright double-cylinder engine of sixty horse-power, and about one hundred and twenty-five hands are employed in the establishment. Mr. Pond has the reputation of making tools equal in quality to any made in the United States. His gear-cutting machine, with inclined arms to keep the cutter in place, and arranged to cut all kinds of gears to eight feet diameter, is remarkable for its fine finish and efficient action. Tin dividing machine, adjustable to any required bevel, is a most ingenious affair. His engine lathes a're provided with an improved Gib or Lock Rest, so arranged that the tool can be raised or altered when in operation with the same convenience as the Weighted Rest. The lower half of the Rest is so constructed that the upper part can be easily removed, leaving the lower part well arranged for boring purposes. His Iron Planing Machines are provided with a set of Double Spiral Gears, the peculiarities of which are the combined smoothness of motion given by the Screw, and the increased strength and durability of the Rack and Gear. At a late exhibition of machinery in Worcester, Mr. Pond exhibited a lathe for turning Locomotive Driving Wheels that weighed twelve tons, and was pronounced by experts as unusually fine in point of finish, while its proportions were massive. The back heads and spindles of his Locomotive Driver Lathes are unusually strong, and in convenience for shifting the carriage and general accessibility for changing the speed of the cone, are not excelled by any. In order to accommodate the public, and supply the continually increasing demand for his machinery, Mr. Pond has opened a Wareroom in New York city, at 85 Liberty street, two doors from Broadway, where a good assortment of Iron and Wood-working Machinery may be seen - this being the only ware room in the city where the public can see samples of such machinery in motion. Mr. Pond is now, for a third term, a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and is noted for the zeal he manifests in subjects of a practical character designed to advance the manufacturing and industrial/interests of his State.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 353]