The Terry Steam Turbine Company
Dresser-Rand provides parts, services, and support for all of its steam turbine equipment bearing
the Terry, Moore, Worthington, Whiton, Turbodyne, Dresser-Rand, and Ingersoll-Rand
nameplates. Following are brief historical backgrounds on the nameplates that compnse
Dresser-Rand‘s steam turbine business today.
E.C. Terry incorporated ttier Terry Steam Turbine Company in Windsor, CT in 1906. The Terry
Steam Turbine Company was responsible for generating the initial interest of the United States
Navy in the application of the steam turbine for driving forced draft fans.
In 1916, James Leonard Moore left Kerr Steam Turbine Company and formed the Moore Steam
Turbine Company in Wellsville, NY. Significant improvements in design and new developments
were achieved, including cam operated automatic nozzle control, two and four valve automatic
extraction control, solid rotor, and double flow exhaust. Many of these features are still used in
today‘s turbine applications.
In 1937, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation purchased the Moore Steam Turbine
Company. Henry R. Worthington, inventor of the direct acting reciprocating steam pump and
manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment, founded Worthington in 1840.
After the merger of Studebaker and Worthington in 1967, the Steam Turbine Division became
Worthington Turbine International Division and continued to manufacture steam turbines and
jet gas peaking units.
In 1968, Terry purchased the assets of Whiton Machine Company. This provided a great
foundation for expanding their shipboard product line. In 1970, Terry acquired Holwarth
Gasturbinen and Kuhnert Turbinen in Oberhausen, West Germany.
In 1970, Worthington Turbine International and Electric Machinery Manufactunng Company, both
Studebaker Worthington subsidiaries, combined to form the Turbodyne Corporation. With the
formation of the Turbodyne Corporation, the Steam Turbine Division developed its own sales
force and set up a network of manufacturers representatives to seil the single and multi-stage
turbines.
In 1974, Ingersoll-Rand bought Terry Steam Turbine Company, making Terry an operating
subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand.
In 1979, McGraw Edison Company purchased Studebaker Worthington, making Turbodyne part
of a major international company. Turbodyne was made part of the Worthington Group in 1981,
along with Worthington Pump and Worthington Compressors.
in January, 1984, a new Turbodyne Division was formed by McGraw Edison. Later that year, the
Turbodyne Division was acquired by Dresser Industries.
In 1987, a joint venture between Dresser lndustries of Daltas, TX and Ingersoll-Rand of
WoodcIiff Lake, NJ, resulted in the creation of Dresser-Rand.
Today, Dresser-Rand is a global leader in the steam turbine market, with a product line that
offers the flexibility of standard or custom-engineered solutions and over 80,000 steam turbine
installations worldwide.