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Southbend 27-B Happy Birthday 100 years old.

clay27bsouthbend

Cast Iron
Joined
Jan 29, 2009
Location
belleville,il
The date cast in the bed is 3-21-21. If you look below the chuck in the first picture you can see the date. Which what I understand is the date they can use it on or after for reasons of letting it season. Did they think when she was built back then that she'd still be around 100 years later.
I bought her in the late 1990's from Bradford Electric where I assume she spent most of her life. Helping repair trolley car electric motors in East St. Louis, IL. Bradford opened I think 1923.IMG_0970.jpgIMG_0971.jpg
 
Just a young one, my oldest lathe was born in 1888 and my next oldest 1909. My South Bend is still wet behind the ears being made in 1940.

My Sb was shipped dec 1957.

BUT! my “Cincinnati police relief fund” Mosler safe was built 1889! Beautiful gold inlay on a hand painted farm scene right on the front doors!
 








 
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