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of Alexandra Street, Hyde, Cheshire.
1864 Company established.
1883 Patent application: No. 1132: W. and J. Maiden, and E. F. Cowley, Hyde, machines for screwing and cutting off metal.[1]
1945 Advert for screwing machines. [2]
Later acquired by the Landis Tool Co, name changed to Landis Machine-Maiden.
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