[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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