Crane Co.

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Industrial company founded in Chicago in 1855.

The Crane Company began as a small foundry established by Richard T. Crane, with help from his uncle, lumber dealer Martin Ryerson. The company manufactured brass and copper couplings, train engine parts, heating supplies, valves, pipe fittings, wagon equipment, machine tools, and other industrial goods. The company expanded its operations after the Chicago Fire of 1871 and is still in business today.

From the description of Crane Co. records, 1920-1955. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 682929013

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Alberger Condenser Company. Trade catalogs of heating and ventilation systems, 1883-1928. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Crane Co. Crane Co. records, 1920-1955. Newberry Library
referencedIn R.T. Crane Company [model] : brass and bell foundry. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Soo Hardware Company. Inbound correspondence, 1911-1918. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Portrait Photograph Collection, 1930-1940 Baker Library, Harvard Business School
creatorOf A.W. Cash Company. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1881-1931. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A.D. Foulkes Ltd. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1889-1952. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Crane Co. Trade catalogs of industrial equipment and factory materials, 1906-1927. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Alfred B. Sands & Son. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1884-1948. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A. Krautzberger & Co. Trade catalogs of heating and ventilation systems, 1875-1911. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Crane Co. Trade literature, ca. 1920-1960. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf American Enamel Co. Trade catalogs of architecture, 1887-1929. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A.H. Nilson Machine Company. Trade catalogs of hardware, 1894-1941. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Central Foundry Company. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1902-1921. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. House for Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, Pa. [graphic] : [Fallingwater] [Part 3] / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf American District Steam Company. Trade catalogs of heating and ventilation, 1874-1961. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A. Backus Jr. & Sons. Trade catalogs of industrial equipment and factory materials, 1885-1941. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Aebi & Cie. Trade catalogs of water, 1869-1930. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Acme Metal Products Corporation. Trade catalogs of architecture, 1922-1934. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A.M. Byers Company. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1863-1934. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf A.J. Lindemann & Hoverson Co. Trade catalogs of water, 1877-[198-?]. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Ahrens & McCarron Inc. Trade Catalog Collection. Series IX. Plumbing supplies. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. House for Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, Pa. [graphic] : [Fallingwater] [Part 2] / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf American Radiator Company. Trade catalogs of heating and ventilation systems, 1894-1929. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Lillie, Frances Crane, 1869-1958. Crane family and Lillie family papers, 1833-1978 (bulk 1890s-1960s). Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Lesly, Philip, 1918-. Philip Lesly papers, 1946-1993. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Wilson, C. E. [General Motors Corporation : historical materials]. Folder 87-4.19-3. Kettering University
creatorOf Coffin Valve Co. Trade catalogs of plumbing, 1890-1927. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf Althouse Wheeler Company. Trade catalogs of windmills, 1890?-1932. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Cochrane Corporation. Photographs, circa 1915-1940. Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. House for Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, Pa. [graphic] : [Fallingwater] [Part 1] / Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Casey, Robert J. 1890-1962. person
associatedWith Cochrane Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Crane, Richard Teller, 1832-1912. person
correspondedWith Laue, Margaret person
associatedWith Lesly, Philip, 1918- person
associatedWith Lillie, Frances Crane, 1869-1958. person
associatedWith Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Soo Hardware Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject
Boilers
Corrosion and anti-corrosives
Dwellings
Furnaces
Heating
Manuscripts, American
Pipe
Pipe fittings
Pipe fittings industry
Plumbing
Relief valves
Stokers, Mechanical
Urinals (Plumbing fixtures)
Valves
Water-supply
Water-supply, Rural
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1883

Active 1928

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