American Machine and Foundry

American Machine and Foundry
AMF
Company typePrivate
FoundedBrooklyn, New York (1900; 124 years ago (1900))
FounderRufus L. Patterson Jr.
Defunct1985; 39 years ago (1985)
FateAssets sold off to other companies
Successor
Number of employees
  • 20,200 (1981)
  • 17,300 (1982)
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American Machine and Foundry (known after 1970 as AMF, Inc.) was one of the United States' largest recreational equipment companies, with diversified products as disparate as garden equipment, atomic reactors, and yachts.

  1. ^ "AMF Bakery". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "AMF Reece". Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  3. ^ 1983-84 Miscellaneous Tax Bills--VII