George Gorton Machine Co
From Graces Guide
of Racine, USA
Machine tool makers.
Founded in 1893 as Gorton and Graham Machine Co. Graham was Fred Graham. Gorton was George Gorton II, the son of George Gorton I (1825-1888, married Ann Buffham, 1832-1862. Emigrated to USA, 1850. After Ann died, he married her sister, Elizabeth Buffham, 1838-1914. All born in Rochdale).
1898 Took out a licensing agreement to make Taylor, Taylor and Hobson (Leicester) engraving machines.
1900 Paris Industrial Exposition: Bronze medal for disc grinding equipment.
1935 Engraved the Lord's prayer on the point of a pin, 0.005" diameter.
Produced a wide range of sophisticated machine tools. See here.
1967 Bought by Kearney and Trecker.
See here for company history on Richard Gorton's excellent website.[1]
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