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Ashcroft Manufacturing Company
1852 - 1912
Edward H. Ashcroft of Lynn, Massachusetts bought the American rights to a French pressure guage design and founded the Ashcroft Manufacturing Company in 1852 to make pressure gauges for steam engines. The firm had offices at 87 liberty St., New York City, and also in Bridgeport, CT.
"Ashcroft Manufacturing Company History," Antique Clocks Guy, http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/AshcroftManufacturingCoHistory.html (accessed 08/19/2014)