Lufkin (brand)
Encyclopedia
Lufkin is a brand featuring primarily measurement tools such as calipers, gauges, micrometers, and measuring tapes. Lufkin is currently a brand of Cooper Industries
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veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
in Cleveland, Ohio 1869 and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.
The company was acquired in 1967 by Cooper Industries
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Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries is a former US-based company that in 2009 switched its incorporation office from Bermuda to Ireland, maintaining its chief operational offices in Houston, Texas. It produces transformers, tools and electrical equipment, employing 29,000 staff around the world. Revenue in 2007 was...
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History
The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil WarAmerican Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
60th Ohio Infantry
The 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-First organization:...
in Cleveland, Ohio 1869 and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.
The company was acquired in 1967 by Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries
Cooper Industries is a former US-based company that in 2009 switched its incorporation office from Bermuda to Ireland, maintaining its chief operational offices in Houston, Texas. It produces transformers, tools and electrical equipment, employing 29,000 staff around the world. Revenue in 2007 was...
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Innovations
Throughout its history Lufkin patented a variety of devices and manufacturing processes.External links
- Brand home page at Cooper Tools
- Scanned copies of historical Lufkin catalogs at Rose Antique Tools
- The Lufkin Rule Company Origins, a genealogy page about Edward Taylor Lufkin at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...