[Milsurplus] Boonton gear

Al Klase al at ar88.net
Fri Oct 7 12:32:54 EDT 2011


On 10/7/2011 9:18 AM, Ray Fantini wrote:
> .....New Jersey has a great technical history going back to Edison's labs at the turn of the twentieth century....
>
And Boonton is a fascinating part of that story.  Here's a brief 
outline.  Please help fill this in.

    The Boonton Iron Works were founded about 1770 by Samuel Ogden who,
    with others in his family, purchased a 6-acre (24,000 m2) tract
    along the Rockaway
    River.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonton,_New_Jersey)

    Loanda Hard Rubber Company (1891)
    -Bakelite moldings (1906)
                 -Boonton Ware dinnerware

      Radio Frequency Laboratories (1922)

      Aircraft Radio Corporation (1927)
    -Wholly-owned subsidiary of RFL (http://scr-274-n.info/history.html)

      Boonton Radio Company (1934) see Wiki

      Ferris Instruments Company

      Measurements Corporation (1939)
    (http://www.componentscorp.com/pdf/jerry-minter.pdf)

      Ballantine Laboratories

      Quan-Tech (?)

Whom did I miss?

This thread started with John Forster announcing the establishment of 
the Yahoo Boonton Group.
Check it out:  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Boonton/

Regards,
Al

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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