Benthall Machine Co., Suffolk, VA
Metal Access cover in a Suffolk, Virginia sidewalk manufactured by the Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk, Virginia. In 1905 Jesse Thomas Benthall and Finton Finley Ferguson patented the first successful commercial peanut threshing machine. In 1906 Benthall opened the Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk to mass produce his new machine. They branched out into making other types of agricultural machinery, equipment, and supplies...and clearly access covers.
Benthall Machine Co., Suffolk, VA
Metal Access cover in a Suffolk, Virginia sidewalk manufactured by the Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk, Virginia. In 1905 Jesse Thomas Benthall and Finton Finley Ferguson patented the first successful commercial peanut threshing machine. In 1906 Benthall opened the Benthall Machine Company in Suffolk to mass produce his new machine. They branched out into making other types of agricultural machinery, equipment, and supplies...and clearly access covers.