Info on Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply Pool Table
7/26/2024 10:52:20 AM
Info on Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply Pool Table
I have an "Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply" pool table.
The pool table has serial number 2298.
I am wondering how old it is.
Can you help?
user1722005539Info on Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply Pool Table
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billiardsforum on 3/20/2025 8:19:58 AMAkron Billiard and Bowling Supply was a company which distributed billiard and bowling-related equipment, but there is limited information suggesting they manufactured pool tables themselves.
They were more commonly associated with selling, supplying, and possibly (re)branding pool tables rather than producing them directly. It was not uncommon for pool table dealers and service companies to replace manufacturer name plates with their own.
That appears to be a Brunswick Balke-Collender Co. pool table. Specifically, a Brunswick Remington pool table model, which was made from between 1908 and 1922.
From the 1920 Brunswick Billiards catalog:
Brunswick Remington Pool Table
8 Home Option:
- 44" x 88" Playfield
- Slate: 4 piece, 1 1/8" thick
- Weight (lbs): 1150
9 Pro Option:
- 50" x 100" Playfield
- Slate: 4 piece, 1 1/8" thick
- Weight (lbs): 1275
Color Options: Golden Oak or Mahogany
A style of design intended to meet the demand for a medium grade table which has no ornate mouldings or ornamentations. Can be furnished "built in sections" if so ordered.
Wood and finish: Quarter-sawed oak, cross veneer, finished in Golden Oak. Can be supplied in mahogany on thirty day's notice.
Construction: Frame work of body 1 3/4" thick x 12 1/3" wide, double veneered outside and inside. reinforcing blocks at corners, 1 3/4" x 8" x 12". Leg bolt caps 9" square x 2 1/2" thick. Legs 8 1/4" square x 16 1/2" high. Double veneered inside and outside. Long stretchers 50" x 1 1/4" thick x 5 1/4". Cross stretchers 48" x 1 1/4" x 8 1/2" countersunk in sides and ends. Reinforced with two 1/2" x 6" bolts. Bronze cushion caps. The wood construction all of good quality, cabinet made and put together in a most thorough manner. All joints made close and secure and all mitres absolutely accurate. Joints are tongued and grooved, strongly doweled and glued firmly together. All corners and edges made perfectly smooth and true. The legs are attached to the frame work with a 6" x 1/2" iron bolt.
Mitred corners, rigid construction, not built in sections, although it can be if so ordered.
The Cushion Rails: Compound construction 1 5/8" x 3 5/8" thick. Built up of 3 ply stock. Double veneer on face, thereby giving it additional strength. The cap rail is solid American Walnut, one inch thick, natural finish.
The Slate Bed: Good quality, four pieces to the set; firmly screwed to a wood frame, 1 1/8" thick.
The Cushions: The cushions, unless otherwise specified, are our celebrated Match Game perfect angle. These are made in our own rubber factory at Muskegon, Michigan, from a secret formula used exclusively by us. Our guarantee as to their accuracy of angle, speed and durability is evidenced by the name plate countersunk in the top of the cushion rail.
The Pocket Irons: The pocket irons are the No. 3 style, with nickel plated flanges countersunk in cushion rail top, provided with invisible bolts from the lower side of rail.
Note: this table is made two ways, i.e., solid frame and sectional frame; unless otherwise ordered, solid frame will be furnished.
Info on Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply Pool Table
- Title: Info on Akron Billiard and Bowling Supply Pool Table
- Author: user1722005539 (Tom Kovach)
- Published: 7/26/2024 10:52:20 AM
- Last Updated: 3/20/2025 7:50:04 AM
- Last Updated By: billiardsforum (Billiards Forum)
