National Axle
Locations
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Details
Machine shop. Eastside. Building to be reused as industrial incubator acc to front page story on June 24, 1927 San Jose News S. Clyde Kyle was vice-president of the company.
Some details of the plant are in an ad run by Berger and Carter in the August 20, 1920 San Jose Evening News. The ad documents the $150,000 in equipment being installed in July, 1920.
According to December 16, 1920 American Machinist":http://books.google.com/books?id=f7hLAQAAIAAJ&lpg=PA1164&ots=uQQ4NASBPL&dq=%22national%20axle%22%20san%20jose&pg=PA1164#v=onepage&q=%22national%20axle%22%20san%20jose&f=false , merged in December, 1920 with Berger and Carter (Hayward), Smith Manufacturing (San Jose), Wonder Dehydrator (San Francisco), and National Axle( San Jose). The new company would be called "Berger Fleming and Brown, with main offices in San Jose. The B&C Machinery factory was going to move to Smith Manufacturing's site, while a new plant at National Axle would build dehydrators according to "The Canner in December 1920.
National Axle eventually took over the former Luna Park amusement park to extend their plant.