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Edwin Harrington(1825-1891) of southernVermontdeveloped his skills as a machinist by working in several machine
shops as a young man.Harringtonfounded his own machine tool business in Vermont in 1854.
As his small company quickly grew,Harringtondecided to relocate to the industrial market ofPhiladelphia, PA.
In 1867 the company discontinued the machine tool portion of it'sbusiness and focused solely on the hoist market.
At that time rapid changes in the industry were taking place and competition was fierce.Harringtonprevailed and
he became a major player in the hoist business with the innovation of the spur gear hoist, the use of anti-friction
bearings and the pioneering of the Weston-style brake.
