Map of the Northwest portion of Sandwich showing the Sandwich Manufacturing Company as it appeared in 1885. It would continue to grow, and a 1913 newspaper article tells us it covered 14 acres on this site, and also a five acre lumber storage yard on the East side of town
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The Southwick Baling Press 1893
Before balers, hay presses were used to compress hay into bales. Before hay presses, hay was stored loose in the upper floor of the farmer...
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Charles Hartman of Sandwich was an employee of Sandwich Manufacturing Company for many years. In 1919 he applied for a patent for improvem...
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This brief history of Sandwich Manufacturing Company begins in Elgin, Illinois . In 1840 Augustus Adams operated a machinery repair shop in...
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Augustus Adams started developing binders and reapers in the summer of 1850 while he was still living in Elgin. He was the first to introd...
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