Welcome to The Sturtevant Guestbook!

Great stuff about JP.

I have a Sturtevant VS-3 Steam engine in my collectionn Great little engine one of my best

Our company renovates old industrial buildings into office buildings. Our latest project was a forge in the 1920's. We found a giant blower in a second floor space with ""Sturtevant No. 8"" written on the case. We will probably save the motor for some kind of display as it is so interesting looking. It still spins.

I grew up in Hyde Park and worked at Westinghouse from 78-80 with my uncles Johnny and Al.. Also my dad and all 5 of his brothers had worked there at one time or another.. Those pictures brought back fond memories of some wonderful times and fellow employees.. It was my first ""real"" job after a half-assed attempt at college... My uncle Al put in a good word with a women he knew in the ""front office"" to get me in and keep me out of trouble.. It taught me a great deal about good old fashion hard work and team work..

I still have dreams that I work there to this day..?!? I'm truly grateful for the time I spent there and fine people I got to know...

I own a small blacksmith forge that bears the BF Sturtevant name, Boston MA. For pictures for your archives if wanted contact me. Thank you.

I have a VS-7 direct connected to a 15KW DC generator. It likely was acquired by the White Pass & Yukon RR around 1915 to provide electricity to the hotel in Atlin, B.C.. Do the builder records exist so that the serial number can be researched?

I loved your site. My aunt Betty Olsen worked there many years. Her mother, my grandmother, worked there during World War II. As a child I visted the plant on one of those family open house days. I loved it. I remember and understand more. It was the inginuity, teamwork and drive of factories like Sturtevant that got us out of the Great Depression and into the success of the 1950's and 60's.--Dana, age 60.

I am working on a remodel for the university of nebraska on a building that was first built in 1923 and on one of the fans that was demoed out i got a cast iron plate with the sturtevant name and i decided to check out the history of the company i think that it is neat that it survied in the building for so long.

I was looking at a ""Westinghouse"" LCD monitor and it occurred to me to look up Sturdevant just on a whim. I worked in Readville for 6 months or so in 1963 before going into the Army. My father was a long term employee. Quite a remarkable history, Thanks.

Nice to see a family fan. :) Great historical item pics, too! Thanks for the fun site!

I have a cabinet style precipitron and am trying to find info-this has a very nice wood cabinet, 4 feet tall and 30 inches wide-room unit type R39 pat # 2129783 4-18-39.

Great job. As the eldest son of Eugene N. Foss II, I remember a lot of the details of the site being mentioned at home

All the best, George Foss

Former employee.Thanks for the memories.

Hi
I have a heavy metal plack, it reads
B.F. Sturtevant,
Boston,USA
s 10593
Do you know what is? it seems to be very old.

What a GREAT web site to visit. As a retired toolmaker/technician I enjoy viewing photos and reading about the early years of manufacturing that made the USA the great country it is. That, of course, was before the introduction of CNC manufacturing. I recently removed a Sturtevant Boiler name plate from an item being dismantled. If anyone is interested in this item I will supply photos, upon request, at my e-mail address.