Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
This reference catalog documents 2 Steelmade machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1960 to 1960. Model-specific archive photography survives for 2 of the 2 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Steelmade company history
Preserved background
Historical material places Steelmade in Lomira, Wisconsin and also had an office in San Francisco, California.
To date, we only know of this company through a brochure printed in 1967.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Steelmade 216 (Late 1960's) through Steelmade 312 (Late 1960's). It contains 2 model records, 2 with recorded production dates and 2 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1960s (2). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Steelmade machines
2 model records
Research note: Profile scope is 2 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.