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Most of our old woodworking machines are powered by electric motors. A few dozen companies made those motors, and this page provides a brief listing of those companies.

Company	City	Years	Comments
Advance Electric Co.	St. Louis, MO	-1920-	From patent records. No confirmed motor sightings.
Louis Allis Co.	Milwaukee, WI	1901-1977-	Louis Allis left his father's company, E. P. Allis, just before the merger that created Allis-Chalmers. Louis Allis Co. was Mechanical Appliance Co. until 1922.
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.	Milwaukee, WI	-1901-1960-	Better known as an agricultural equipment maker, but they manufactured motors for many years.
American Electric Motor Co.	Milwaukee, WI	-1929-1933	Acquired by Cedarburg Manufacturing Co. They had been a subsidiary of Splitdorf-Bethlehem Electrical Co. of Newark, NJ. Cedarburg went bankrupt in 1939.
Baldor Electric Co.	St. Louis, MO.	1920-present	In 1967 HQ moved to Forth Smith, AR. One-time supplier of motors for Delta Unisaw and Powermatic 66.
Bodine Electric Co.	Chicago, IL	1905-present	Still in business, specializing in very small industrial motors.
Brown-Brockmeyer Co.	Dayton, OH	-1929-1981
Burke Electric Co.	Erie, PA	-1908-1957-
Century Electric Co.	St. Louis, MO	-1910-1993-	By the late 1970s they were owned by Gould Inc., and motors were labeld "Gould/Century". By 1993 the name was MagnaTek Century Electric, Inc.
Cleveland Electric Motor Co.	Cleveland, OH	-1885-1957-
Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co.	Ampere, NJ	-1888-1936-	Also "Crocker-Wheeler Co.", "Crocker-Wheeler Electric Manufacturing Co.", and "Crocker & Curtis Electric Motor Co."
Dayton Fan & Motor Co.	Dayton, OH	-1889-1929	Also "Day-Fan Electric Co.", which was acquired by General Motors in 1929.
Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co.	Niles, IL	Owned by W. W. Grainger, Inc.
Delco Products Corp.	Dayton, OH	-1910-present	Also known as "Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co.", "Delco-Light Co." and "Delco Products, Division of General Motors Corp."
Diehl Manufacturing Co.	Elizabeth, NJ; Somerville, NJ	-1909-1958-	By 1965 they were the "Diehl Division of Singer Co., Somerville, NJ"
Doerr Electric Corp.	Cedarburg, WI	1939-1986	Began as "Electro Machines, Inc." Acquired by W. W. Grainger in 1969, then sold to Emerson in 1986. It is uncertain when the Doerr name disappeared.
Emerson Electric Co.	Paris, TN	||