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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. (154)

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Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. (93)

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Industrialist and inventor of the compressed air brake George Westinghouse incorporated the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in 1891. With its giant factory located in East Pittsburgh, Pa., the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company soon became the Edison General Electric Company's main rival in the contest to provide electricity to the United States. While Edison General Electric pioneered the generation and distribution of direct current (DC) electricity, Westing...

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Amoskeag manufacturing company (32)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m65pjt (corporateBody)

Amoskeag was founded in 1825 by Samuel Slater and others, with mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, and corporate headquarters in Boston, Mass. It was incorporated in 1831 and became one of the largest producers of cotton cloth in the world. It closed in bankruptcy in 1935, and its assets were taken over by Amoskeag Industries, formed by a group of Manchester citizens and businesses to act as a holding company and real estate broker for the bankrupt manufacturer. Cotton t...

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Waterloo Manufacturing Co. (32)

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Lawrence Manufacturing Company (25)

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Cotton manufacturing firm of Lowell, Mass., established in 1831 by proprietors of the other Lowell mills in connection with the Boston merchants Abbott and Amos Lawrence. Produced hosiery, underwear, sheetings, drills, denims, and flannels. The business was liquidated in 1926. The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass., with offices in Boston. Established in 1828 and incorporated in 1831, it originally manufactured sheetings. After the Civil War, it manufactu...

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Merrimack Manufacturing Company (24)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c28sgr (corporateBody)

Cotton manufacturing firm, Lowell, Mass. Established in 1822. First headed by Kirk Boott. One of the biggest manufacturers of corduroys and velveteens in the U.S. Ceased operations in 1958. The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass. Company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass.

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Scovill Manufacturing Company (22)

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Manufacturer of brass objects such as buttons and other fasteners, screws, parts for lamps, tools, etc. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut. Incorporated in 1850, but the business extended back at least until 1802. Among firms which became part of Scovill were Matthews and Willard, Schrader, Hamilton-Beach, American Pin, and Morency, Van Buren. Incorporated in 1850, at Waterbury, CT, the Scovill Manufacturing Company adopted the name Scovill Inc. in 1979....

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Singer Manufacturing Company (19)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n92f39 (corporateBody)

New York based sewing machine manufacturer founded in 1853 from a predecessor firm, I.M. Singer and Company, by partners I.M. Singer and Edward Clark. The first to introduce treadle-operated household sewing machines and a pioneer of the installment plan, the firm quickly expanded through branch offices, including one in Chicago. Managed by James Bolton and his assistant John Voight, the Chicago office's pre-fire locations were 50 Clark St. and 111 State St. During hi...

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Nashua Manufacturing Company (18)

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Cotton textile manufacturer, Nashua, N.H. Incorporated 1823. Acquired Jackson Company in 1916. Acquired Indian Head Mills, 1924. Acquired Tremont and Suffolk Mills, 1926. Taken over by Textron, Inc. in 1945. Nashua mills closed in 1948. Cotton textile manufacturer located in Nashua, N.H., and incorporated in 1823. Taken over by Textron, Inc., in 1945. The Nashua Manufacturing Company was a cotton textile manufacturer in Nashua, New Hampshire that op...

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Bibb Manufacturing Company (17)

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