115

In use from 1887 up to 1936

Recorded serial numbers: 348,547

Recorded factories:

Usage Information

Needle size: 15x1

Class 115 machines were clearly based on the 9W7 design, retaining its rotary-hook mechanism, but they also incorporated several features borrowed from Class 15.

Class 15 and 115 may look very alike. Class 15 features two small holes for oiling in the machine bed near the needle plate, while Class 115 has instead three deck holes on top (including one for an under-deck coil spring) and a single rocker bar underneath.

They used a Class "L" bobbin case designed for the industrial-style 20U bobbins.

Class 115 machines were typically decorated with either the distinctive “Gold Wings” decals or the “Tiffany” decals.

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 18

Factories:

Documented Decals:

Documented years: 1887 - 1920

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Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Decals	Years
Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	285,774	Tiffany (or Gingerbread) / Gold Wings	1898–1921
	285,766	No known decal	1898–1921
	7	Tiffany (or Gingerbread)	1917–1920
	1	Gold Wings	1913
St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	62,772	Gold Wings	1911–1924
	62,765	No known decal	1913–1924 - 1936
	7	Gold Wings	1911–1924 - 1936
Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1	Tiffany (or Gingerbread)	1887

Decals

Decal	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
Gold Wings	8	St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada) / Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1911–1924
	7	St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	1911–1924 - 1936
	1	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1913
Tiffany (or Gingerbread)	8	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA) / Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1887–1920
	7	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1917–1920
	1	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1887

Manuals and Lists of Spare Parts

Manuals

115

Instructions for using Singer Sewing Machine No. 115 - lock stitch, for family use
(Code: 8255)
Published in 1915
Instructions for using Singer Sewing Machine No. 115 lock stitch, for family use
(Code: 8807)

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About the data shown here

The information here about decals is based on “Documented Machines” currently recorded in our database. We currently do not have an official Singer source about which decals were in use where, when and on which machines.

The information about factories and serials, instead, is based on the official Singer factory records that survived, plus the “Documented machines” we could verify.

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