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The Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company merged into Gardner Denver in 1927 Gardner Denver merged into Cooper Industries in 1979.

Robert Gardner could have never imagined the legacy he inspired when his company provided the first effective speed controls for steam engines in 1859. The Gardner Governor Company manufactured his flyball governors, which in time led to the production of steam pumps and high speed vertical air compressors. By the turn of the century, this steam pump technology was adapted for use in mud pumps, which became part of the oil and natural gas well drilling process.

In 1927, the Gardner Governor Company merged with the Denver Rock Drill Company and became Gardner-Denver. In 1959, during the post-war growth period, Gardner-Denver made a number of acquisitions, including the CycloBlower Company, a manufacturer of helical screw blowers. Gardner-Denver continued to grow and was acquired by Cooper Industries in 1979. Between 1985 and 1988, Cooper purchased Sutorbilt and DuroFlow blowers, OPI well servicing pumps and Joy compressors. As Cooper Industries’ strategies changed, the Gardner Denver Industrial Machinery Division was spun off in 1994 as an independent company. Gardner Denver, Inc. became publicly held and currently trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GDI.

Photos - Frames left and right: Another mining artifact in upper Historic Sandon - Waugh Model 8 drill column (circa 1913) manufactured by The Denver Rock Drilling Company.

Center frame: Vintage houses on the upper street of upper Sandon near the Silversmith Powerhouse.

Photos - Even though these upper Sandon buildings are rather drab, they still have an interesting early 20th century character to them.

Photos - Frames left and right: The only reminder of a boardwalk that once covered parts of Sandon Creek at the edge of Sandon. In 1955 the town of Sandon was hit with a flood from Carpenter Creek - most of the buildings and boardwalk were destroyed.

Center frame: Standing in the upper portion of Sandon town site and at an incline section of Sandon Creek looking southeast toward the only remaining, original Sandon townsite buildings - Old Sandon City Hall (Sandon Visitor's Center) and Hunter Kendrick Block commonly referred to as the Sandon Museum.

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