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Looking north on Douglas Street on Flag Day 1918 at Ingersoll Milling Machine Company. Employees gather outside. An American flag can be seen flying from the peak of a factory roof.

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Looking southwest from Willoughby Avenue at Ingersoll Milling Machine Company. The water tower is in the center.

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Looking east across Douglas Street at Ingersoll Milling Machine Company.

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Looking east from the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company water tower showing the concrete erecting shop.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company looking west across Douglas Street with the Schumann Piano Company building in the background.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, looking west from water tower showing original shop in the center and Willoughby Avenue at right.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company testing of an EDM multilead cutting of 0.1246 x 0.0551 slots in carbide for IBM punch machines.

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1916 Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Baseball team. Standing in back row: Rubin Trank, Harry Green, Charlie Doctor, Homer Karr, unknown. Kneeling in front: Allie Johnson, Tony Boggy, Earl Hanson, Wilbur Shedd, unknown.

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Eynon - Ingersoll Milling Machine Company nameplate for machines. This predates Ingersoll's move to Rockford, Illinois in 1891.

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(From right to left) Bob Bertolasi, Ron Weaver, and Doug Hood introduce the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company 20micro, .0001tol 48 lead power supply that was designed for IBM.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company EDM (electrical discharge machining) power supply. This was a multilead version for aerospace applications. It was manufactured for General Electric Company and Pratt Whitney.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company EDM (electrical discharge machining) power supply. This machine was a high kilowatt version for die forming machines. It was manufactures for General Motors Company in Grand Blanc, Michigan

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company EDM (electrical discharge machining) power supply with a reversible polarity unit for tool shops and die makers.

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Distributors being trained on a new line of Ingersoll Milling Machine Company EDM (electrical discharge machining) power supplies. Leading the training at left is Bob Bertolasi.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company's first EDM (electrical discharge machining) high power dual lead power supply.

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Bob Bertolasi in a laboratory working on Ingersoll Milling Machine Company's first proprietary EDM (electrical discharge machining) supply.

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An Ingersoll Matson EDM (electrical discharge machining) dual lead power supply.

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An Ingersoll Matson EDM (electrical discharge machining) single lead power supply.

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Artist sketch of a proposed addition to the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company factory created before 1915.

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An Ingersoll Milling Machine Company EDM (electrical discharge machining) machine manufactured for Chrysler Corporation in Sterling, Michigan. This was the largest EDM machine made.

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An EDM (electrical discharge machining) machine manufactured by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company through its subsidiary Matson. This machine was made for the Matson demonstration room.

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An EDM (electrical discharge machining) machine manufactured by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company for its show floor. Note the nameplate indicates that the machine was made with its subsidiary Matson.

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An EDM (electrical discharge machining) machine manufactured by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company through its subsidiary Matson. The machine was made for Fisher Body of Grand Blanc, Michigan.

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EDM (electrical discharge machining) machine made by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company. This was the first machine produced after Matson become a subsidiary of Ingersoll.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Scalper

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Westinghouse Electric in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Budd Company in Detroit, Michigan.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for West Homestead Engineering in Homestead, Pennsylvania.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Bethlehem Steel - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Westinghouse Electric Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for Reynolds Metals Company in Lagrange, Illinois.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine for General Electric Company in Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company transfer line developed for Adam Opel in Germany.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company machine built for Chrysler Corporation in Kenosha, Wisconsin

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An Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Milling Machine for Manitowoc Engineering, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The machine does profile milling around a circular pad.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company looking South East with concrete shop at the left and pattern shop on the right.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company employees pose for a picture outside the factory building.

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Looking East at Ingersoll Milling Machine Company with the concrete shop in the middle and pattern shop on the right.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company employees at work in the shop surrounded by belt-driven machinery.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company employees at work using a combination of electric and belt driven machine power.

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Looking northeast at Ingersoll Milling Machine Company with the concrete shop and pattern shop in foreground.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Leaders hold a "shop talk" for employees on the factory floor.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Leaders hold a "shop talk" for employees on the factory floor.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Leaders hold a "shop talk" for employees on the factory floor.

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Ingersoll employees stand on the bed of a Vertical Turning machine shipped to the company IMPSA in Mendoza, Argentina. IMPSA is a developer of projects using hydro power. At one time it was the largest machine of its type in the world.

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Ingersoll Milling Machine Company mill built for General Electric. An automobile and Over-Nite semi-truck are shown parked on the bed of the machine.

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An aerial of the Ingersoll Milling Machine Company around 1979 as seen from the southwest corner of the property. The complex is located between Willoughby and Fulton Avenues. Rockford Country Club and the Rock River are visible in the background.

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The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company Machine Shop on Willoughby Avenue. A planer is visible in the foreground.
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