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Tremblay Patented Bottle-Blowing Machine (U.S. Patent No. 1,648,792)
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Patented bottle-blowing machine sold by A. F. Tremblay to Three Rivers Glass Company for $6,000 via a bill of sale dated March 15, 1924 (recorded June 1928), covered by U.S. Patent No. 1,648,792. The physical machine that broke the Hartford Empire machinery monopoly.
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artifactthree-rivers-glassmachinerymechanization
Why Track This
The specific piece of equipment behind the company’s entire mechanization story — one of the few artifacts in this collection with a surviving legal bill of sale.
Current State
Bill of sale signed March 15, 1924; recorded in Live Oak County June 29-30, 1928. Purchase price $6,000, payable in installments, with title remaining Tremblay’s until paid in full. Installed at the Alamo Iron Works (Bexar County) before delivery to Three Rivers.
Next Action
None.
Notes
Cross-reference: a-f-tremblay entity record; three-rivers-glass-primary-source-timeline 1924-03-15 entry.