Difference between revisions of "Anderson Barngrover"
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| − | San Jose-based equipment manufacturer for the food industry. Anderson-Barngrover was created in 1902 as a merger of the Anderson Prune Dipper Company and the Barngrover-Hull Company. The merger settled a long-running patent dispute. The company | + | San Jose-based equipment manufacturer for the food industry. Anderson-Barngrover was created in 1902 as a merger of the Anderson Prune Dipper Company and the Barngrover-Hull Company. The merger settled a long-running patent dispute. The company started making canning equipment in 1904, and created the first continuous cooker in 1913. Anderson-Barngrover was merged into the John Bean Manufacturing Company in 1928, and renamed FMC. |
Anderson-Barngrover was best known for large-scale canning equipment. They created [https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/74-anderson-barngrover-cont-rotary-pressure rotary pressure cookers] to speed manufacturing of canned foods. | Anderson-Barngrover was best known for large-scale canning equipment. They created [https://www.asme.org/about-asme/who-we-are/engineering-history/landmarks/74-anderson-barngrover-cont-rotary-pressure rotary pressure cookers] to speed manufacturing of canned foods. | ||
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[http://content.scu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/svhocdm&CISOPTR=987&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=1&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20transportation&DMTHUMB=1&REC=8&DMROTATE=0&x=272&y=311 Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Co. History San Jose] | [http://content.scu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/svhocdm&CISOPTR=987&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=1&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20transportation&DMTHUMB=1&REC=8&DMROTATE=0&x=272&y=311 Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Co. History San Jose] | ||
| + | ASME International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark brochure for the [https://www.asme.org/getmedia/ef673461-4d65-49bd-80c4-584271c58661/74-Rotary-Pressure-Sterilizer.aspx FMC Rotary PRessure Sterilizer]. | ||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
[[Category:Manufacturer]] | [[Category:Manufacturer]] | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 30 July 2013
| Business |
Manufacturer |
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| Main Location |
San Jose |
| Active |
1902-1928 |
| Successors |
Food Machinery Corporation |
San Jose-based equipment manufacturer for the food industry. Anderson-Barngrover was created in 1902 as a merger of the Anderson Prune Dipper Company and the Barngrover-Hull Company. The merger settled a long-running patent dispute. The company started making canning equipment in 1904, and created the first continuous cooker in 1913. Anderson-Barngrover was merged into the John Bean Manufacturing Company in 1928, and renamed FMC.
Anderson-Barngrover was best known for large-scale canning equipment. They created rotary pressure cookers to speed manufacturing of canned foods.
Locations
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Photos
Anderson-Barngrover Manufacturing Co. History San Jose
ASME International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark brochure for the FMC Rotary PRessure Sterilizer.