Lechner Mining Machine Company, photograph

Lechner Mining Machine Company plant number two circa 1884 - 1888, located on the west side of the West State Street bridge. Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., plant number two. In 1876, Joseph Jeffrey formed a partnership with Francis Lechner and Francis Sessions, for the Lechner Mining Machine Company. After several years, the partners succeeded in producing the world's first coal mining machines. In 1887, Jeffrey bought out the other partners and formed The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. A year later, in 1888, the company moved to its First Avenue location. The Company manufactured cutting machines, conveyors, and mine locomotives for the coal mining industry. In 1946 the Company name was changed to the Jeffrey Company. Jeffrey Mining Products was sold to Dresser Industries, Inc. of Dallas in 1974. By 1987 most of the original plant buildings had been torn down.

Date

1914

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

photograph

Original size

3,145 × 2,689 pixels

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