The Waterous Engine Works grew out of the P.C. Van Brocklin company that was founded in 1844 to manufacture ploughs, sawmills and other farm and industrial equipment. When Van Brocklin sold his shares in the company in 1894, Charles Horatio Waterous became the major partner, renaming the company as he did. Waterous started building steam engines as a complement to their other equipment. By the 20th century, following opportunities, they had shifted away from steam engines to making pulp and paper equipment as well as fire equipment. The company passed through several hands, finally disappearing in the mid 1990s. Complete history at the great Vintage Machinery site.
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