Lefever Arms Company
Type | Gun Manufacturing, later ventured into transmissions and jackshafts |
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Industry | Gun industry, automotive industry |
Genre | Guns, transmissions |
Founded | 1883 |
Founder | Daniel Lefever |
Fate | Gun business merged into Ithaca Gun Company in 1916 Transmission business merged into Durston Gear Company in 1916 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Products | Guns, automotive parts |
The Lefever Arms Company (1883–1916) was a manufacturer of guns in Syracuse, New York founded by Daniel Lefever. The company was in the business of gun manufacture until 1916, when it merged with Ithaca Gun Company in Ithaca, New York, which continued Lefever production until 1921.
By 1912, the company ventured into the manufacture of transmissions and jackshafts for motor wagons. This subsidiary was merged with the Durston Gear Company in 1916.
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Categories:
- Defunct companies based in Syracuse, New York
- Manufacturing companies established in 1883
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1916
- Manufacturing companies based in Syracuse, New York
- 1883 establishments in New York (state)
- 1916 disestablishments in New York (state)
- 1916 mergers and acquisitions