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Trying to find info on a W.H. Braun jaw crusher.Company started in 1911,I believe.Used to crush quartz rocks.?

This small cast iron crusher has cast writing which reads W.H. Braun Los Angeles And San Francisco,other side reads..lightning jaw crusher.The Bico-Braun Co. which makes such various equipment can find no info as yet.Believe W.H.Braun was a labratory supply MFG and this small crusher might have been used in a lab or small mining outfit to crush samples.Being all cast iron this may be from the 1920's or earlier.Looking for pics,diagrams,articles,old advertising.

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Try contacting the Los Angeles and San Francisco historical society to see if they can help you with information, those places love a good mystery,

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