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What Was the Last Year Shedd Manufactured Fans?

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                                   1917?

 

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7 minutes ago, Steve Rockwell said:

                                   1917?

 

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                                      9 Feb 1918 Electrical World

 

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The Electrical Record starting in 1914 fan manufacturer specifications does not support Shedd Electric making fans until 1917. And to add to the mystery, Shedd Electric fan manufacture gives the impression around 12 their fan manufacture falls off the map. 

 

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1917 Electrical trade shares no images of Shedd fans I am aware of. 

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Shedd is still offering the "Comfort" vane deflector table in 1913. Nothing listed in fan motors.

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Shedd is still offering the "Comfort" vane deflector table in 1912. Nothing listed in fan motors.

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The last Shedd is mentioned manufacturing fans before 1917 was 11.

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1909 introduction Shedd Vane oscillator. How big was Shedd's factory? 

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The only clue I am aware of on this Shedd to give it some type of timeline is the gear mesh used on Diehl/Jandus/ABjandus/Dayton. Did Dayton's use of the Shedd vane have a come around from Dayton/AB/Jandus for the mechanical oscillator mechanism on the Shedd 10-11?

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30 minutes ago, Russ Huber said:

The only clue I am aware of on this Shedd to give it some type of timeline is the gear mesh used on Diehl/Jandus/ABjandus/Dayton. Did Dayton's use of the Shedd vane have a come around from Dayton/AB/Jandus for the mechanical oscillator mechanism on the Shedd 10-11?

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And then again, what were Shedd's 1917 cast iron stationary and oscillating fans?

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 Yet another incorporation---

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   Circa 1912 they were making a concerted effort at vacuum cleaners as well...

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         Grist for the mill...

 

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I give less credence to this likely anticipatory 1918 listing:

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You will also find Shedd marketing medical apparatus.

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Shedd was attaching Thomas Romer Weyant's patented vane on to fan motors on the open market in 01. 1902 was the first year Weyant's patented fan motor with vane was introduced to the Shedd (wallet & electrician) fan motor line. then known as the "Comfort Oscillator"

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Shedd "Comfort" vane oscillators as seen in dated electrical trade.

1902. Images credited to Steve Rockwell and his Schenectady archive images.

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1903-05. 1906+(?)

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This model was manufactured it appears between 1906 and 08 based on information found in 1905 and 1909 electrical trade.  The 09 Shedd electrical trade article information states the reversing EXTENSION arms were on the previous model to the NEW 09 design.  The vane construction itself seen below "may" have been a new feature for 09. If so, there is a possibility the vane is not original to the fan. 

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Shedd shut down their New York sales office in 07.  Unless Shedd continued to use motor tags with the New York office address beyond the time it was shut down, the reversing extension arms for the vane were a new feature in 06-07. 

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  " Images credited to Steve Rockwell and his MiSci's Schenectady archive images"

 

1902 was the first year Weyant's patented fan motor with vane was introduced to the Shedd (wallet & electrician) fan motor line.

 

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             Weyant, like so many others, went international early in production...

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                                             5 Jun 1903 Adelaide Advertiser

 

 

 

     You've got to like this advertisement...

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This looks as if Shedd is possibly now independent of Roselle? (Elizabeth is to the east of Roselle Park, Aldene is a district within Roselle) Or merely an improvement on Russ' 1907 announcement above concerning offices located in NJ...?

 

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                                                                     Factory Location

 

 

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     Ouch...

 

 

 

 Whatever the case,  Shedd filed bankruptcy 1914, had become heavily involved in motor vehicle work...

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This may be a parallel situation to that of George Towle, whose name lived on (for a time) attached to his fan company subsequent to his personal departure...                       Dunno

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1909+

 

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I recall from the distant past AFCA members before Google books began to expand, it was thought Shedd was manufacturing in NY. No, the Shedd sales office was located in NY.

Another misconception was Shedd's early contributions to the vane itself. Steve Rockwell pointed out through directories Shedd was an electrician prior to meeting up with the vane designer Thomas Romer Weyant turn of 20th century. Those early Shedd vanes appear to be exclusively Weyant's engineering.

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I found electrical trade evidence of Shedd fan motors on the market in 14-15.

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The Shedd Electric concern appears to be a lot more complicated than we perceived. Weyant was having trouble getting his patented vane mechanism financed and manufactured which originally was attached to fan motors on the open market. Harry Shedd appears to have been in charge of giving Weyant that opportunity. Just how much Harry Shedd himself had anything to do with the engineering of any of the Shedd vanes and fan motors that sported his name....?? 

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