Merrow Machine Company
American
The Machine Company specialized in industrial, high-speed overseam, over-edge, and shell-stitching machines, used for finishing all kinds of knitted and woven fabrics. Joseph Millard Merrow invented many of the machines. One of the company's distributors was Merrow Sales Corporation of New York, run by George W. Merrow's son, John G. G. Merrow.
In 1972, Merrow Machine Company moved from Laurel Street in Hartford to nearby Newington, a move precipitated by city redevelopment. For over fifty years the company was under the leadership of John Merrow Washburn, Jr., the great great grandson of Joseph M. Merrow; he became Treasurer and General Manager in 1953, and between 1978 and 2004, he was President. Another branch of the family has now acquired the company and plans to move its headquarters.
Person TypeCorporate Entity
American, 1870 - 1905