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Cummings Machine Works was a
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based business. It was founded by Henry Havelock Cummings in 1881, when Cummings was 23 years old. The company was awarded a
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contract to manufacture fixtures in March 1941. The contract amounted to $17,893. The company was among the firms which contributed to the building of the
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, completed in 1909, supplying steelworks used in the construction of the stage. Cummings Machine Works has been credited with the development of the
sally saw A sally saw is a portable, motorized saw created by the Cummings Machine Works in 1945 for limbing and bucking trees. A sally saw comprises an engine, an annular saw blade driven by a gear adjacent to the rim, and a drive shaft. Like a String tr ...
. A patent filed in 1945, and assigned to the company, describes a saw with a circular blade. The blade could be rotated between horizontal and vertical, thus allowing a tree to be felled, limbed, and bucked with one saw. Other inventions included a hydraulic hospital bed, automatic doughnut machine, teardrop vehicle and Hookups. Last owners were Robert M. Mustard Sr., president, and Lewis W. Mustard, treasurer. Last known address was 10 Melcher Street in Boston. Went out of business in 1958.


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