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[[Image:Chanberlain.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The Chamberlain Plow Company eventually became the Norwegian Plow Company in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: William K. Hammel]] | [[Image:Chanberlain.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The Chamberlain Plow Company eventually became the Norwegian Plow Company in Dubuque. Photo courtesy: William K. Hammel]] | ||
[[Image:Card.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Victorian trade card of the Chamberlain Plow Company.]]CHAMBERLAIN PLOW COMPANY. Pioneering agricultural implement manufacturer. The future manufacturing giant began as a small blacksmith shop in Orfordville, Wisconsin. H.H. Sater, later the superintendent of the [[NORWEGIAN PLOW COMPANY]], made plows with a small anvil. A larger shop was constructed in Brodhead, Wisconsin by C.W. Mitchell and others | [[Image:Card.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Victorian trade card of the Chamberlain Plow Company.]]CHAMBERLAIN PLOW COMPANY. Pioneering agricultural implement manufacturer. The future manufacturing giant began as a small blacksmith shop in Orfordville, Wisconsin. H.H. Sater, later the superintendent of the [[NORWEGIAN PLOW COMPANY]], made plows with a small anvil. A larger shop which utilized machinery was constructed in Brodhead, Wisconsin by C.W. Mitchell and others. | ||
In 1877 [[CHAMBERLAIN, William C.|William C. CHAMBERLAIN]] purchased an interest in the Wisconsin business and opened a branch office and salesroom in Dubuque. The name of the company at that time was Chamberlain, Mitchell & Company. In 1879 George Stephens and others joined the firm. | In 1877 [[CHAMBERLAIN, William C.|William C. CHAMBERLAIN]] purchased an interest in the Wisconsin business and opened a branch office and salesroom in Dubuque. The name of the company at that time was Chamberlain, Mitchell & Company. In 1879 George Stephens and others joined the firm. In 1879 a stock company incorporated under Iowa laws, the Norwegian Plow Company. | ||
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Revision as of 22:02, 15 February 2010
CHAMBERLAIN PLOW COMPANY. Pioneering agricultural implement manufacturer. The future manufacturing giant began as a small blacksmith shop in Orfordville, Wisconsin. H.H. Sater, later the superintendent of the NORWEGIAN PLOW COMPANY, made plows with a small anvil. A larger shop which utilized machinery was constructed in Brodhead, Wisconsin by C.W. Mitchell and others.
In 1877 William C. CHAMBERLAIN purchased an interest in the Wisconsin business and opened a branch office and salesroom in Dubuque. The name of the company at that time was Chamberlain, Mitchell & Company. In 1879 George Stephens and others joined the firm. In 1879 a stock company incorporated under Iowa laws, the Norwegian Plow Company.