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John S. Perry started building wood stoves in 1843. [2] After becoming bankrupt in 1860, Perry secured a loan in the amount of $13,000 to buy the company in 1862. [2] Perry reorganized the company to become Albany Stove Works in 1869. It employed nearly 1,200 people in the Albany region. [2] Perry Stove Manufacturing Company
The phenomenal growth of these two companies during the 1880s and 1890s led to the merger of eight other stove companies in St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland in 1901 to form the American Stove Company. [1] American Stove introduced the first oven temperature control device in 1914. In 1929, it began using the brand name Magic Chef. The Magic ...
Owner Dangler Stove Company. [437] 1902 it merged with 8 Companies to become the American Stove Company where he had many titles., President Wilson Realty Co., [438] Vice President Union Salt Co. [435] @1898 00000-00 Demolished @1967 Architect Unknown 45 [107] Wickliffe: 30180 OVERLOOK DR Winter Residence: 3424 Prospect Ave. Later
In 1936, 60% of the company was bought by Sears, Roebuck, and Co. with the rest of its stock being purchased by the Florence Stove Company. For three years, the company name was the Florence-Wehrle Company, later being renamed to the Newark Stove Company in 1939. At that point, the company was the largest stove producer in the world. [2]
In 1881, Tappan appliances was founded by W.J. Tappan as the Ohio Valley Foundry Company in Bellaire, Ohio, initially selling cast-iron stoves door-to-door. [ citation needed ] In 1889, the company relocated to Mansfield, Ohio , and was renamed the Eclipse Stove Company , when Tappan's father, who was an amateur astronomer, suggested the name ...
The Favorite Stove & Range Company was an American manufacturer from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. [ 1 ] In 1887 the Favorite Stove & Range Company moved to Piqua, Ohio from Cincinnati, Ohio .
Elyria (/ ə ˈ l ɪər i ə / ə-LEER-ee-ə [6]) is a city in, and the county seat of, Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located at the forks of the Black River in Northeast Ohio 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Cleveland. [7] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 52,656. [8] It is a principal city in the Cleveland metropolitan area.
The Lorain, Ohio Yard served as the main facility of the company after World War II and to this day five of the 13 separate 1,000 ft (300 m) ore carriers on the Great Lakes were built in Lorain, including the M/V Paul R. Tregurtha which is the largest vessel on the Great Lakes (1,013'06" long). Built in 1898, the Lorain Yard quickly grew in ...