Possibly I didn't explain it well enough in my "Company Histories" section of my Gas Pump Identification book, so here is a little more details.
In my book I explain that in 1927 Bennett, Shotwell, and ECO were all purchased by Service Station Equipment Company. All three companies were brought to Muskegon, Michigan where they became divisions of SSEC. The new gas pumps carried the name "Bennett-Shotwell" but the name Shotwell was soon dropped. ECO also became a division of Bennett, but retained their name.
Gas pumps had Bennett on the ID tag.
By 1933 the recession was hitting SSEC hard, they had to consolidate. The Muskegon plant was closed and the pump manufacturing was moved to Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, the location of SSEC's water-heating equipment plant.
Pumps made at Conshohocken were marked SSEC, no mention was made of the Bennett Pump Co.
In 1937, the pump devision was returned to Muskegon, and the Bennett name was again put on the pumps.
I don't know how many pumps were marked both Bennett and SSEC, but I do know that some 810 visibles were marked Bennett, and some were marked SSEC.
In my book, I called all the pumps "Bennett" feeling that if I either seperated the SSECs pumps or called them something different it would only be confusing as most people know that SSEC pumps were actually Bennett pumps.
Your pump is pictured on page 70 of my book, while I listed as a Bennett, the ID tag might not have the Bennett name on it.
Hope this helps to answer your questions. If you are interested in any literature, I have color sales literature and a parts breakdown manual. You can email me for more information.
Jack Sim
