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The family moved to Detroit in 1886 and in 1901 opened a machine shop, Dodge Brothers, getting their first major opportunity when the Olds plant burned in Detroit and Ransom E. Olds hired the brothers to supply 3,000 auto transmissions.
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Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
The building, which sits on the corner of High Street and Columbus Boulevard, houses a machine shop owned by Polar Corporation and a car repair shop, according to Mayor Erin Stewart.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
As the students climbed out of the pump room and back up towards the tracks, Boatswain, the instructor, recognized an old student, currently employed in Grand Central’s machine shop.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
Horizon’s darts were foreign-made until the late 2000s, when the company worked out a deal with an American machine shop to produce tungsten barrels.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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“Machine shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine%20shop. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
machine shop
noun
: a workshop in which metal articles are machined and assembled
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