Adamson Manufacturing Company — Cast Iron Tire Tube Vulcanizer
Ohio Foundry Corridor, Ohio Foundry Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman Ohio Foundry Corridor, Ohio Foundry Collection, Museum Collection Steve Thaman

Adamson Manufacturing Company — Cast Iron Tire Tube Vulcanizer

In the first decades of the automobile age, a flat tire was not an inconvenience — it was a certainty. This cast iron vulcanizer by the Adamson Manufacturing Company of East Palestine, Ohio, patented April 1913, allowed motorists and mechanics to permanently repair punctured inner tubes by heat-bonding raw rubber patches at the molecular level. Marked "ADAMSON MFG. CO. / PATENTED / APR 1913 / E. PALESTINE, O." Original patina preserved. Acquired from eBay seller funmoneyfromselling, March 2026.

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