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Bigelow Drain Tile Plant Kept Busy In New London
New London’s E Bigelow Company, a major local employer and subsidiary of Hancock Brick and Tile, produces shale drain tiles and flue linings. The plant operates 12 kilns daily, runs year round, and ships tiles across northeastern Ohio and nearby states. Vehicles travel from Hereford shale pits to the plant, with drivers boasting hundreds of thousands of miles. Tile sizes range from 3 to 18 inches in diameter and up to two and a half feet long.
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New London
E. Biglow
E. Tom Child
James Child
Findlay
Hancock Brick and Tile Company
Hereford
LeRoy Searle
Biglow
Erett Poole
William Heckbert
William Trembley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Indiana