Expansion Louden Machinery Company
louden cross draft hay carrier (1915)
the company expanded in 1890s , 1900s, r.b. handling business side, william being left free invent new products. william added company s product line inventions of flexible barn door hanger (1895), barn litter carriers , tracks (1898), all-steel cow stalls (1907), individual automatic watering bowls cows (1912), easy feeding hog trough (1914), , industrial line of overhead carrying equipment (1917). albert h. neller, has been described william louden s right-hand-man, credited developing number of products, including automatic watering bowls, , being key company s success during 1910s , 1920s. company expanded geographically opening branches in canada (1900), minneapolis (1903), albany, new york (1912), , chicago (1915). 1915, factory in fairfield employed 100 men, , company operated large factory in guelph, ontario. 1920, louden machinery company had sales of $2.5 million.
the company continued expand product line in 1920s , 1930s, adding wide array of products, including barn cupolas, exhaust , intake hoods , louvers, fans, valves, pulleys, power hoists, concrete mangers, patented garage door hanger (using overhead door tracks ease in opening , closing), playground equipment (including slides, see-saws, gym sets, swing bobs, , whirl-arounds ), , themostats.
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