History on some old time evaporators

[AdirondackSap]

Hi im just curious to know the history of king evaporator. Was he a fabricator for leader evaporator. Also i would like to know some info on allen soule. I know a little about him. Like he patented the first arch with 2 pans. I know he made buckets and spiles but did he to get bought out by leader? Also the vermont evaporator company out of oswego new york was that founded by grimm? I guess i would just like to know the origins of the evaporator. Grimms was bought out by leader? Dominion and grimm was founded by grimm and his cousins and then bought out by who?

[Brian]

http://mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?4745-History-of-the-evaporator

[AdirondackSap]

Ues i have seen this thread before. Im in search of a more detailed information. This tbread doesnt tell me who was king evaporator? Also doesnt say anything about the vermont evaporator company. I guess what i need is the history on king evaporators and the vermont evaporator company.

[AdirondackSap]

Ok so the king evaporator was a design built by pope and later bought out by leader. Leader called it king style pans gotcha

[sugar matt]

Here's a little bit of history on the Soule Company and the King Evaporator.

The King Evaporator was the brand name evaporator of the George H Soule Co. of St. Albans, VT. In the late 1890s and early 20th century, George H. Soule was a successful bachelor farmer with a very large sugarbush in the Fairfield area of Franklin County, Vermont. With something in the neighborhood of 9000 taps, the size of Soule's sugarbush led some to refer to him as the maple sugar king of Vermont. In 1910 he developed his own evaporator and began manufacturing in Burlington under the name Burlington Evaporator Company. In 1913 he obtained a patent for his evaporator design.

In 1918 he organized the George H, Soule Company and acquired a portion of the old St. Albans creamery on Aldis Street and began to manufacture and market a variety of maple utensils and equipment. He later developed the Fairfield Farms Maple Company after finding himself stuck with a large volume of maple sugar and syrup following the failure of the Cary Company in 1931. He had previously sold the majority of what his sugarbush produced to the Cary Company. Needing a place to store and process the Fairfield Farms Maple Company sugar and syrup, he took over the Willard Manufacturing Company plant in St. Albans.

George H. Soule died in 1937 after which the company was run by his nephews Everett I. Soule and Raymond L. Soule. Raymond died in 1956 and Everett continued to own and lead the company until his death in 1964 at which time his widow sold the Soule Company to The Leader Evaporator Company, who then moved their Burlington operations into the newly acquired Soule Co. historic Willard Building in St. Albans.

S. Allen Soule was another prominent sugarmaker and wealthy farmer in Fairfield, VT, but Allen Soule was not a part of the George H. Soule Company and did not invent or manufacture the King Evaporator.

- Matt
www.maplesyruphistory.com

[Potters3]

Vermont evaporator was out of NY and was purchased by leader as well as Soule, and GH Grimm, They had a 3 pan set up flue pan in back, corrugated in front and syrup pan in the middle.

As far as I know Dominion and Grimm is still Dominion and Grimm.

[Sunday Rock Maple]

Ogdensburg New York

[sugar matt]

The Vermont Evaporator Company was started in August 1916 in Clarendon, VT by Robert H. Moroney, G.W. Fish, and T.J. Ford, all former employees of G.H. Grimm. In 1918 the company formally incorporated and moved to a location on Strongs Ave. in Rutland, VT.

In 1920 the company filed for bankruptcy but reformed and soon after was back in business. Following a fire in 1923, the company re-incorporated in New York state and opened up a new shop in St. Regis Falls, NY. In 1941 the company moved to Ogdensburg, NY before being sold to the Leader Evaporator Company in the spring of 1972.