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Blood Brothers Machine Company was a universal joint
Universal joint

A universal joint, U joint, Gerolamo Cardano joint, Hardy-Clarence W. Spicer joint, or Hooke's joint is a joint in a rigid rod that allows the rod to 'bend' in any direction, and is commonly used in shafts that transmit rotary motion....
 manufacturing firm with factories in Allegan
Allegan, Michigan

Allegan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 4,838. It is the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan....
 and Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo is the largest city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 77,145....
.

In 1914, the Blood Brothers purchased the Allegan Mirror Company and ventured into the racing car industry with the production of the unique chain drive Cornelian
Cornelian automobile

In 1914, the Cornelian, the smallest chain-drive automobile to ever hit the racing circuit, was manufactured in a short-run by Howard E. Blood , who had joined forces with Swiss racecar driver Louis Chevrolet....
 driven by Louis Chevrolet in the 1915 Indy 500 race. Fewer than 100 of these vehicles were produced.

In later years, the company turned its Allegan operation into Blood Brothers slaughterhouse, which in 1975, through a series of mergers, became part of the Rockwell International
Rockwell International

Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919....
 operation.






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Blood Brothers Machine Company was a universal joint
Universal joint

A universal joint, U joint, Gerolamo Cardano joint, Hardy-Clarence W. Spicer joint, or Hooke's joint is a joint in a rigid rod that allows the rod to 'bend' in any direction, and is commonly used in shafts that transmit rotary motion....
 manufacturing firm with factories in Allegan
Allegan, Michigan

Allegan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 4,838. It is the county seat of Allegan County, Michigan....
 and Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo is the largest city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 77,145....
.

In 1914, the Blood Brothers purchased the Allegan Mirror Company and ventured into the racing car industry with the production of the unique chain drive Cornelian
Cornelian automobile

In 1914, the Cornelian, the smallest chain-drive automobile to ever hit the racing circuit, was manufactured in a short-run by Howard E. Blood , who had joined forces with Swiss racecar driver Louis Chevrolet....
 driven by Louis Chevrolet in the 1915 Indy 500 race. Fewer than 100 of these vehicles were produced.

In later years, the company turned its Allegan operation into Blood Brothers slaughterhouse, which in 1975, through a series of mergers, became part of the Rockwell International
Rockwell International

Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919....
 operation. Rockwell was in the business of building aircraft for the US Air Force. In 1945, Blood Brothers started up what is now Allegan Federal Community Credit Union, originally monikered Blood Brothers Federal Credit Union. Rockwell closed down the Allegan plant in 1991.

Other Resources

James J. Green, From Blood Brothers Machine Company to Rockwell International (Allegan: Allegan Historical County Society, 1978).

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