Center Draft Lamp Manufacturers

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Center Draft Lamp Manufacturers, location, approximate dates of operation, and the trade names of lamps they sold.  This is a cursory list still under construction.

Adams & Westlake. Chicago. 1874.

  • A&W, Adlake, Pullman, Queen

American Belgian Lamp Co. NYC. 1885? >

  • Belgian Lamp, Brevete, L&B

American Brass Co. Waterbury, CT. 1899 - 1912.

  • Incorporated Ansonia Brass & Copper, Waterbury Brass and Holmes, Booth & Haydens (H, B & H).

American Lamp & Brass. Trenton, NJ. 1897 -

Ansonia Brass & Copper. 1880's, 1899. NYC, Ansonia, CT.

  • Apex, Bassett, Little Jewel, New Universal Mammoth, Wilson.

Bradley & Hubbard. Meriden, CT. 1880's - 1940.

  • B&H,  Empire, Mammoth, Perfection, Radiant, Rayo.

Bridgeport Brass Co. Bridgeport, CT. 1880's - 1920's.

  • Bridgeport, New Rochester, Leader Argand.

Bristol Brass. Bristol, CT. 1880's, 1911.

  • Bristol, Champion, Chief, Drummond,  Empire, The French, New Darling, Victor.
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    Clark Brothers Co. Trenton, NJ. 1880's - 1890's.

    • Trenton.

    Dayton Mfg Co. Dayton, OH. 1880's - 1960's.

    Acme, Dayton, US Standard.

    Handlan-Buck. St. Louis, MO. 1901 - 1960's?

    • Caboose Lamps.

    Ditheridge & Co. Pittsburg, PA. 1870's, 1900's.

    • Fort Pitt, Ditheridge, Young America.

    Fostoria Glass Co. Fostoria, OH. 1880's, 1980's.

    Holmes, Booth & Haydens. Waterbury, CT. 1850's - 1912.

  • Star, Gladstone, Rival, Little Prince, Little Queen, Imperial Electric, Keystone, Gladstone, Perfect, Admiral.
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    Judd Mfg. Co. Wallingford, CT. 1890's.

    Lane Mfg. Co. Kenosha, WA. 1880's - 1095.

    • Aurora, Gem, Volcano, Magnum.

    Lovell-Dressel. 1920's - 1960's. (Wholesale distributor)

    • Bristol, Mogul.

    Manhattan Brass Co. NYC. 1860's - 1926.

    • Perfection Student Lamp, US Electric, Home Argand, Yale, Princeton, Manhattan, Sun, Excelsior, Mammoth, Young America.

    Mathews & Willard. Waterbury, CT. 1890 - 1900's.

    • M&W, Aladdin, Columbia, Trenton.

    Meriden Bronze Co. Meriden, CT. 1880's - 1900.

    • Meriden, Princess, Victor, Liberty, Meteor.

    Meriden Malleable Iron. Meriden, CT. 1880's - 1890's.

    • Frames for store and library lamps.

    F. Meyrose & Co. St. Louis, MO. 1870's - 1900's.

    • Meyrose, Drummond, Calcium.

    Edward Miller & Co. Meriden, CT. 1860's - 1924.

  • Rochester, Juno, Miller, Mammoth, Vestal, Lumo, Gem, Gaskell, Champion, Home Lamp, Empress, Liberty, Astral, Ideal, Meteor.
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    Charles Parker. Meriden, CT. 1870's - 1957.

    • Parker, Peerless Electric.

    Pittsburgh Brass Co. Pittsburg, PA. 1880's - 1900's.

    • Aurora, Mammoth, Pittsburg, Success, PL&B.

    Plume & Atwood Mfg. Waterbury, CT and rolling mill at Thomaston, CT. 1870's - 1960's.

    • An offshoot of H, B & H.
  • Fireside Electric, Banner, Royal, Household, Colonial, Mammoth, Naugatuck, Plumwood, Magnet, Sewing, Jupiter, Paragon, Moehring, Astral, Harvard.
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    Rochester Lamp Co. Rochester, NY. 1880's - 1905.

    • A distributor. Early Rochester's were Miller’s.

    Scovill Mfg. 1850's - present. Waterbury, CT.

    Standard Lighting Co. Cleveland, OH. 1880's - 1900's.

    • Globe Incandescent.

    Standard Oil Co. 1890's - 1950.

    • Mei Foo, Perfection, Rayo.

    Wallace & Sons. Ansonia & Derby, CT. 1850's - 1890's.

    • Connecticut, W&SA.

     

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