Lufkin is a brand featuring primarily measurement tools such as

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, gauges,

micrometers The micrometre (American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American and British English spelling differences# ...

, and

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s. Lufkin is a brand of

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History

The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an

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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. Its Canada-based plant was in Barrie, Ontario. The company was acquired in 1967 by

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Innovations

Throughout its history Lufkin patented a variety of devices and manufacturing processes. * * *

Gallery

File:Lufkin Rule Company plant, 1918.png, The Lufkin Rule Company plant in

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as it was c.1918 File:Lufkin Universal 50 ft tape measure.jpg, Lufkin tape measure

References

External links

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The Lufkin Rule Company Origins
a genealogy page about Edward Taylor Lufkin at the

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Cooper Tools brands Dimensional instruments Manufacturing companies based in Texas Tool manufacturing companies of the United States Companies established in 1869 1869 establishments in Ohio {{tool-stub