Lufkin, TX, United States
W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit. W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Tro
ut led the diversification of the shop from equipment repair to production and sales. In 1926, he patented a design for a counter-balanced pumping unit that became a standard in the oil business world
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