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  • Osgood Company
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  • The Osgood Company was a Marion, Ohio, USA based manufacturer of heavy machinery, producing steam shovels, dragline excavators and cranes. What would eventually become Osgood Company was founded in 1910 as Marion Steam Shovel and Dredge Company by A.E. Cheney, the former head of sales for the Marion Steam Shovel Company. Marion Power Shovel acquired Osgood Company in 1954 and integrated Osgood's products into the Marion Power Shovel product line. The eventual successor company Bucyrus now belonging to Caterpillar Inc., as of 2011.
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Products
  • excavators, draglines
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defunct
  • 1954
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Name
  • Osgood Company
Type
  • Private
Area served
  • North America, South America
location city
  • Marion, Ohio
Fate
  • Acquired
Foundation
  • 1910
Founder
  • Arthur Edgar "A.E." Cheney
Industry
  • Machinery manufacturing
Successor
abstract
  • The Osgood Company was a Marion, Ohio, USA based manufacturer of heavy machinery, producing steam shovels, dragline excavators and cranes. What would eventually become Osgood Company was founded in 1910 as Marion Steam Shovel and Dredge Company by A.E. Cheney, the former head of sales for the Marion Steam Shovel Company. Marion Power Shovel acquired Osgood Company in 1954 and integrated Osgood's products into the Marion Power Shovel product line. The eventual successor company Bucyrus now belonging to Caterpillar Inc., as of 2011.