Identifier: ashcroftsrailway1863ashc (find matches)
Title: Ashcroft's railway directory for ... : containing an official list of all the officers and directors of the rail-roads in the United States & Canadas, together with their financial condition and amount of rolling stock
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Ashcroft, John
Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : John Ashcroft
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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DUDGEONS PATE NT HYDRAULIC PUNCH FOR BOILER MAKERS, MACHINISTS 5 AND IRON SHIP BUILDING. The above cut represents one of these Hydraulic Punches, for punching ironand other purposes, where a limited amount of movement and great power isrequired. These Punches are simple in their construction, being without valves or theforce pump in common use in all other Hydraulic Presses. The Punch represented by the above cut is for punching through three-eighth inch boiler-iron a hole five-eighths of an inch in diameter, and will, withone man to work it, do as much work as can be done by two men with a com-mon hand-screw punch, besides being applicable in many places where a screw-punch cannot be used.11
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STEVENS, BROTHER 80 CO. 12 HEW-YORK MACHINERY DEPOT. STEVENS, BROTHER & CO. »Vo. 333 PEJMRIj STREET, JY. I*. MANTTFACTTJBEBS AND DEALERS IN EVEBY DESCRIPTION OP STATIONARY AND PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, AND ALL OTHER WOOD WORKING MACHINES.LATHES, PLANERS, DRILLS, LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, BABBITT AND OTHER COMPOSITION METALS, WITH ALL ARTICLESNEEDFUL IN A MACHINE SHOP. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF D. DICKS Celebrated Anti-Friction SHEARS, PUNCHES AND PRESSES, ismibss* PATTSfinr sarais® ffi&emiig* Jeffreys Double-Acting Ball Valve Pumps. PORTABLE SCALES in great variety, and many other valuable articles.13 EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Bawcfroouso The charter of this Company requires that all the profits shall be divided prorata among the assured; legal interest only, 7 per cent., is paid to stockholders. Dividends may be applied to reduction of premium or addition to amountassured. Policies issued in all the most approved forms. DIRECTORS. William C. Alexander..Presi

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