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Pennsylvania Crusher Firm Marks 75 Years Of Operations
The Marple based Pennsylvania Crusher Co celebrates 75 years, with a tenting lab located in Lawrence Industrial Park, Broomall. It produces crushers at its Cuyahoga Falls plant, where the 1905 Pennsylvania Crusher was founded by George W. Barton and William A. Battey. The firm was bought by Bath Iron Works in 1947, moved offices to West Chester in 1954, then Bramall, Penn Virginia a coal operator in 1964. President William F. Hahn notes U.S. mining feeds coal and Pennsylvania Crusher will stay integral as energy conversion grows, with new products and ongoing lines expanding.