Fairbanks, Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company that existed from 1823 until 1958. It began when the inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks opened an ironworks in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to make a cast iron plow and a heating stove, and it grew on the platform scale he patented in 1832. A Fairbanks employee, Charles Hosmer Morse, opened a Chicago office, widened the product line and brought in the Eclipse windmill pumps designed in Beloit, Wisconsin, so that the firm became Fairbanks Morse and Company. Over time it made pumps, gas and diesel engines, windmills, coffee grinders, radios, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives and industrial supplies, and its engines powered railway and marine work from the 1930s. The Penn-Texas conglomerate bought it in 1958. Three separate companies, Fairbanks Scales, Fairbanks Morse Defense and Fairbanks Nijhuis, each claim its heritage without being a full direct descendant.
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Source Fairbanks Morse Engine Division Ships First Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 (Maritime Reporter)Paragraph 1, manufacturerQuote, Paragraph 1, manufacturer
The first of a series of Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 engines built by the Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Colt Industries has been shipped to Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, La.
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Source FM 28/33D STC (Fairbanks Morse Defense)Introduction, manufacturerQuote, Introduction, manufacturer
The Fairbanks Morse 28/33D STC combines world-class engineering
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Source FM 32/44 CR (Fairbanks Morse Defense)Introduction, manufacturerQuote, Introduction, manufacturer
The FM 32/44 CR engine boasts the newest technologies
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Source Fairbanks Morse 38 8-1/8 diesel engine (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
is currently manufactured by a descendant of Fairbanks-Morse, FMDefense, in Beloit, Wisconsin.
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Source FM 48/60 CR (Fairbanks Morse Defense)IntroductionQuote, Introduction
This reliable, high-output engine is the four-stroke heart of medium and large diesel power
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Source FM 175D (Fairbanks Morse Defense)Introduction, manufacturerQuote, Introduction, manufacturer
The new FM 175 D engine boasts a clear and compact design intended to deliver continuous, reliable performance.
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Source Fairbanks-Morse (Wikipedia)Z Engine LineQuote, Z Engine Line
Fairbanks-Morse renamed their headless 1.5 horsepower (1.1 kW) Model to "Z" in July 1914, according to engine historian C.H. Wendel.
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Source FM PA6B STC (Fairbanks Morse Defense)IntroductionQuote, Introduction
With over 840 engines in operation
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Source FM PC2.5 STC (Fairbanks Morse Defense)Introduction, manufacturerQuote, Introduction, manufacturer
The FM PC2.5 STC engine is well suited for marine applications
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Source Fairbanks-Morse Y-VA Engine Diesel (ASME)BodyQuote, Body
The Y-VA engine was the first commercial version of a high-compression, cold start, full diesel developed by Fairbanks-Morse
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was an American manufacturing company that existed from 1823 until 1958
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was an American manufacturing company
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Merged with Penn-Texas Corporation in 1958 to form Fairbanks Whitney Corporation. Former subsidiary Fairbanks-Morse Engine purchased by Arcline Investment Management from Enpro Industries Inc. as of January 21, 2020
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