General offices in South Bend, IN. (ca. 1906)
The Ideal Concrete Machinery Company was founded on September 26, 1904 by Frank A. Borst and John Groscop in Auburn, Indiana. Its industry was concrete machinery and its headquarters were in Auburn, Indiana (1904-1905), South Bend, Indiana (1905-1913) and Cincinnati, Ohio (1913-1927). In 1927, the company merged with four other firms to form the Consolidated Concrete Machinery Corporation.
ADDRESSES[]
- 1312 Monmouth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH. (1916)
- 5014 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH. (1923)
PLANTS[]
- Auburn, Indiana
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- London, Ontario
- 124 York Street, London, ON. (1906)
- South Bend, Indiana
PRODUCTS[]
- Belt Course Sets
- Block Carriers (wood or iron)
- Block Sets
- Circle
- Frieze
- Silo
- Cemetery Corner Molds
- "Ideal" Concrete Machinery
- Block Machines
- Model "A"
- Model "E"
- Cement Brick Machine
- "Cincinnatus" Batch Mixer
- Continuous Batch Mixer (hand or power)
- Roll-Over Stripper
- Special Sill & Lintel Machine
- Veneer Block Machine
- Block Machines
- "Ideal" Waterproofing Filler
- Iron Pallets
- Material Feed Tables
- Ornamental Molds
- Ball
- Capital
- Column
- Pier
- Pier Cap
- Porch Pier
- Post
- Vase
- Plates
- Adjustable Octagon Face Plates
- Block Machine Face Plates
- Cap Plates
- Dividing
- Fractional Face Plates
- Sill Plates
- Sidewalk, Step & Sill Molds
- Tamps
- Water Table Sets
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
American Carpenter & Builder (August 1906)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1907-8)
The National Builder (January 1916)
American Builder (November 1923)
Building Age & National Builder (July 1925)
American Builder (April 1927)
American Builder (April 1927)