Corry Chair Company expands to oak rockers and fine pieces
The Corry Chair Company, formed after buying A M Kent’s former mill in 1804, now focuses on high grade oak rockers and upholstery. With A M Kent as president and G O King as manager, the plant covers over 160000 feet of floor space, employs about seventy five workers, and features a lineup of famed chair designs and seasonal patterns. The firm operates from a large seven acre site served by a railroad siding and uses six traveling salesmen to represent its products nationwide.
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Corry Chair Company
A. M. Kent
Corry
Kent
Jamestown
B. W. Stennett
G. C. King
John
H. King
Carlton
King
Robert
Ael
Haniel Clark and Son Logging Mills in 1903 Industry
In 1903 Haniel Clark and Son operated large logging and milling interests employing about 100 men. Their Union City area operations produced extensive timber belts and finished lumber including redwood, Arkansas yellow pine, sash and doors. The firm supplied a wide range of timber products and building materials, with mills and plants handling substantial timber yields and finish goods.
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H. Clark
Som
Union City
Clark Mill
Arkansas
Immenas
Nouthern
West Smithing
Wille
West Frederick
Mahle and Son Brush Factory in Third Ward
The Mahle family brush and broom plant in the Third Ward, adjacent to the Buffalo division tracks, built in 1903, grows from early block work to a major Corry industry. The firm ships nationwide, supplies Sing Sing and other large buyers, employs 30 to 40 workers, and boasts a model, efficient plant with ongoing equipment upgrades.
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C. A
Love Manufacturing Company at North Center Street
One of the city’s oldest iron works under M. M. Love, the Love Manufacturing Company operates as a general foundry with steady production. It makes castings for Standard Oil Company and specializes in gan burner parts, with a modern machine shop and about twenty workers. A large building expansion and bridge coatings are noted.
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Love Manufacturing
M. Love
Focal
Aldo
Tittoon
Ressler brake shoe spurs new plant expansion in 1890
The Ressler brake shoe developed by Martin Ressler at Eagle Iron Works rose to prominence after tests on a Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad. Investors W F Fowler, J J Reister, Louis Streuber, and others formed a big company, building a modern plant east of Maple Avenue crossing and acquiring Walton New York property. The facility features Root Positive Compression Blowers, electric hoists, a 2 ton rattler, a large core oven, and other labor-saving improvements to boost production efficiency.
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Ressler
Martin Ressler
Old Eagle Iron
New York and Pennsylvania
W. F. Fowler
Road
Tme
Mohawk Condensed Milk Plant History and Capacity
The Mohawk Condensed Milk Company built a local plant in 1900 by Corry businessmen and farmers forming a stock company. It operated year round, handling about 100000 pounds of milk daily at peak, with 250 local dairymen supplying, and workers numbering 30 to 35. The plant ships cans produced at Mohawk’s West Virginia factory to markets in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Florida, with modern automatic machinery and sanitary conditions.
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Corry
Mohawk Condensed Mile Company
Mohawk Company
West Virginia
York
Philadelphia
Boston
Corry Viant
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Preaent
G. O. King
Haniel Clark & Son
Pennsylvania
Ewing
C. A. Mahle & Son
A. H. Mahle
Allegheny County
West Washington Street
Iocal
Viet
Sing Sing
New York State
United States Brake Shoe Company
J. J. Ressler
J. F. Austin
Ajax
Alviduml
Walton
Tull
Mohawk Condensed Milk Company
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