BICKFORD Steam Engne - Lakeport

Chickie · 03-06-2012, 03:20 PM

If I were to venture a guess, I would suspect the engine may have been built by the H. Bickford Machine Co. It was located at 1002 Union Avenue near Stark Street in Lakeport. The building is still there today (next to the Verizon phone store) and is currently vacant. Hezekiah Bickford (1843 - 1918) established the company and operated it until 1911, when it was sold to George H. Milette. A newspaper article at the time of sale in 1911 states Bickford was "a manufacturer of boring mills". Perhaps he made engines at an earlier time, I don't know. George Milette's son, Amber, succeeded his father in the business and operated it into the 1950's - it continued to go under the name of H. Bickford & Co.

03-06-2012, 03:20 PM	#5
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 371 Thanks: 0 Thanked 68 Times in 39 Posts	Bickford Machine Co. If I were to venture a guess, I would suspect the engine may have been built by the H. Bickford Machine Co. It was located at 1002 Union Avenue near Stark Street in Lakeport. The building is still there today (next to the Verizon phone store) and is currently vacant. Hezekiah Bickford (1843 - 1918) established the company and operated it until 1911, when it was sold to George H. Milette. A newspaper article at the time of sale in 1911 states Bickford was "a manufacturer of boring mills". Perhaps he made engines at an earlier time, I don't know. George Milette's son, Amber, succeeded his father in the business and operated it into the 1950's - it continued to go under the name of H. Bickford & Co.

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