Title page of proposal
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Bagley & Sewall proposal p. 1
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Continuation of Bagley & Sewall proposal
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Bagley & Sewall proposal 3
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Bagley & Sewall proposal 4
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Detail map of Piercefield, New York, United States,Watertown, New York, United States Overview map of Piercefield, New York, United States,Watertown, New York, United States

A: Piercefield, New York, United States, B: Watertown, New York, United States

Bagley & Sewall Builds a Fourdrinier Paper Machine for Piercefield Paper and Mining Co.

Circa 1893
Cover of Bagley & Sewall Proposal for a Fourdrinier Machine.
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About 1893 the large industrial machinery companym Bagley & Sewall Co of Watertown, NY,  made a proposal to Piercefield Paper and Mining Co., a new paper mill under construction in Piercefield, NY, to build a Fourdrinier Paper Machine. Bagley was clearly in the business of building Fourdrinier machines to customer specifications since they had a standard form printed to record the numerous special requests of each customer. The proposal was filled out by hand in a printed pamphlet outlining the specifications of the machine. Remarkably, I obtained a copy of the proposal, and reproduced photographs of the various specifications in the brochure.

Timeline Themes

Papermaking by Machine