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Founded in 1903, the Wapak Hollow Ware company was named after its hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, where it produced several lines of "thin wall" (lightweight manufacture) cast-iron skillets. Information about this company is scarce but bankruptcy in 1926 is the reason listed in the Auglaize County records for Wapak's disappearance.
Mary Florence Potts (née Webber; November 1, 1850 – June 24, 1922) was an American businesswoman and inventor.She invented clothes irons with detachable wooden handles, and they were exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition World's Fair and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
During the early 1900s Big Prairie was the home of the "Monitor Self Heating Sad Iron Co". The company was located at 459 Wayne Street, in Big Prairie, Ohio, and their advertisement promised to "Make Ironing Easy and a Pleasure".
Wapakoneta (/ ˌ w ɔː p ə k ə ˈ n ɛ t ə /, locally / w ɒ p ə k ə ˈ n ɛ t ə /) (commonly shortened to “Wapak”) is a city in and the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. [4] Located along the Auglaize River, the city is about 56 miles (90 km) north of Dayton and 83 miles (134 km) south of Toledo. The population ...
Onekaka Iron and Steel was first floated in 1921 with the works becoming operational in 1924 and only ceasing operation in 1935. The ironworks used the limonite ore from nearby to make iron. To smelt the iron, coal and limestone were also necessary [ 1 ] and both limestone and the limonite were mined from the hills behind the works and ferried ...
The Iron Claw stars Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson as wrestling royalty, the Von Erich family.The real-life family reigned supreme in the sports world during the 1980s ...
The archaeological site includes the ruins of a worker's house, the stone furnace stack (c. 1791), bank iron furnace, forge foundations and race (c. 1804-1811), and remnants of dam breast. The furnace remained in blast until about 1822, and the Dale Forge was in operation until 1868.
J. & E. Stevens was a business in Cromwell, Connecticut formed by John and Elisha Stevens in 1843 to make cast-iron hardware, hammers, and iron toys. The success of their toy products, including cap guns, led to a refocus on toys. [1] The company made a wide variety of toys for boys and girls during its more than 100 year history. [2]