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§ Abrasives
o
Pike Manufacturing Company 
Evansville, Vermont
"Pike Whetstones are the Best."
§ Adhesives
o
Milk Products Company
Sunnyside, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP or Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
Pocahontas Tanning Company
Frank, West Virginia
RR: Chesapeake
& Ohio C&O not Western Maryland WM
§ Advertising Materials
o
Economy Advertising
Co.
Iowa City, Iowa
o
Kemper Thomas Company
Norwood, Ohio
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W and Pennsylvania PRR not Baltimore
& Ohio B&O
§ Aircraft
o
Douglas Aircraft Company 
Santa Monica, California
§ Aircraft, Military
o
Douglas Aircraft
Company, El Segundo Division
El Segundo, California
Twin-engine B-18, the USAAC's
standard heavy bomber.
RR: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ATSF; Pacific Electric PER
§ Aircraft Parts
o
Pioneer Instrument
Company 
Brooklyn, New York
Aviation Instruments
RR: Long Island Rail Road LIRR
o
Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation not Plant
Newark, New Jersey
§ Antimony
o
Texas Mining &
Smelting Co. Antimony Smelter
Laredo, Texas
[Uses natural gas and Alabama Coke.]
§ Automobile Accessories
o
Gillette Rubber Company
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
RR: Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha CStPM&O; Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
MStP&SStM (Soo Line) not Chicago & North
Western C&NW [?]
§ Automobile Bodies
o
A. J. Miller Company (not
Body Factory)
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Automobile bodies for ambulances and the undertaking trade. A complete line. - Used world-wide.
§ Automobile Parts
o
Add “See also:
American Brakeblok, in the Unknown category.”
o
General Motors Corp., AC
Spark Plug Div. (was AC Spark Plug
Plant)
Flint, Michigan
o
Chrysler Motor Corp., Dodge Division Assembly
Plant
Hamtramck, Michigan
RR: Michigan
Central Mich.Cent. not Grand Trunk Western GTW
o
King-Seeley
Corporation
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Automobile instruments, fuel gauges, and speedometers for General
Motors. (Ann Arbor's largest industrial employer, it built three
additions to its factory after 1935, and quadrupled its employment from 200 in
1930 to 800 in 1936.)
RR:
Ann Arbor AA
o
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Rossford, Ohio
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not New York Central NYC
o
The Anderson Company
Gary, Indiana
RR: Wabash
not New York, Chicago & St. Louis NYC&StL NKP
(Nickel Plate)
o
The Ford Motor Co.
Long Beach, California
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
AT&SF or [?]
§ Automobiles
o
Chrysler Motor Corp., Dodge Division Assembly
Plant
Hamtramck, Michigan
RR: Michigan
Central Mich.Cent. not Grand Trunk Western GTW
o
General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Motor Co.
Norwood, Ohio
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR not Baltimore & Ohio B&O
o
General Motors Corp.
Baltimore, Maryland
RR:
Baltimore & Ohio B&O; Pennsylvania
Railroad PRR not Baltimore Belt RR BBRR
o
General Motors Corp., Pontiac Motor Div.
Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiacs. This plant can produce up to 1,200 cars a day. GM made 236,189 Pontiacs in 1937. (Replaced
the name "Oakland Motor Car Company" in 1932.)
RR: Grand
Trunk Western GTW not Pere Marq.
o
Studebaker-Pacific Corporation of Calif
RR: AT&SF
[?] (Not UP)
o
The Ford Motor Co.
Chester, Pennsylvania
Ford Automobiles. Assembly plant on the Delaware River, built in 1928, with docks for overseas shipping.
o
The Ford Motor Co.
Dallas, Texas
RR: Missouri-Kansas-Texas of Texas not just Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT
o
The Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, Michigan
RR: Detroit,
Toledo & Ironton DT&I not Michigan
Central MC
o
The Ford Motor Co.
Long Beach, California
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
AT&SF or [?]
o
Willys-Overland, Inc.
Toledo, Ohio
Willys-Overland. Four models of
low-cost automobiles.
"Save Half Your Gas-Drive the 1938 Willys"
§ Baby Food
o
Fremont Canning Company
Fremont, Michigan
Introduced baby food in 1927.
RR:
Pere Marquette PM not Chesapeake & Ohio C&O
§ Bags, Cloth
o
Bemis Brother Bag Company
Bemis, Tennessee
RR: Gulf,
Mobile & Northern GM&N not Mobile &
Ohio M&O
§ Bags, Paper
o
Longview Fibre Company
not Plant
Longview, Washington
§ Baked Goods
o
Jaarsma Bakery [?]
Pella, Iowa
[Windmill cookies?]
§ Batteries
o
Thomas A. Edison Incorporated
not Plant
West Orange, New Jersey
§ Beer
o
M. K. Goetz Brewery
St. Joseph, Missouri
Beer. [?] Annual capacity of 150,000 barrels.
RR: Chicago Great Western CGW not Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe AT&SF; Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy CB&Q;; Union Pacific UP; Missouri Pacific MP; or
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Olympia Brewing Company
Tumwater, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP or Union Pacific UP not Great
Northern GN
o
Premier-Pabst Corporation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(But Pabst-ett was the brand name of the process
cheese Pabst made during prohibition, and nothing else. Furthermore, they
sold the cheese operation to Kraft-Phenix around 1933.)
o
Premier-Pabst
Corporation
Peoria Heights, Illinois
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Brewery opened 1934. [Pabst
changed their name back to Pabst Brewing Company on December 20, 1938.]
RR:
CRI&P - a web site
§ Boiler Equipment
o
The Babcock and Wilcox
Tube Company
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Seamless Boiler flues Part of The Babcock and Wilcox Company,
this plant is Beaver Falls' biggest employer.
RR: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
o
Wickes Boiler Company
not Combustion Engineering
Saginaw, Michigan
RR: Grand
Trunk Western GTW, Michigan Central Mich.Cent., Pere Marquette PM not New York Central NYC
§ Boilers
o
Wickes Boiler Company
not Combustion Engineering
Saginaw, Michigan
Vertical Water
Tube and Horizontal Return Tube steam boilers. Shipping across the
country and the world.
RR:
Grand Trunk Western GTW, Michigan Central
Mich.Cent., Pere Marquette PM not New York
Central NYC
§ Bottles
o Add note “See also: Laurens Glass Works, in the Glass category.”
o
Ball Brothers Glass
Muncie, Indiana
RR: Muncie & Western [?]
o
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Chicago Heights, Illinois
RR: Chicago
Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad not New York
Central NYC
o
Whitall Tatum Company
Millville, New Jersey
[Purchased by Armstrong Cork in 1938.]
o
Santa Anna, Texas
Bottles made using local deposits of 98.5% pure
silica.
About one carload a day. (Opened as the Texas Glass Company around 1930, this
company went through several name changes.)
§ Boxes, Wood
o
Chicago Mill &
Lumber Co.
West Helena, Arkansas
§ Brick & Tile
o
Glen-Gery Shale Brick Corporation
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
o
Hebron Brick Company
Hebron, North Dakota
o
Schellak Co. Inc.
Hastings, Nebraska
62,500 daily
RR: UP
(Not MP or CB&Q)
o
Sutton & Suderley Brick Co.
Coeymans, New York
o
Wolverine Brick
Company
Corunna, Michigan
Bricks. [Name changed to Corunna Brick and Vitrified Tile Co. in
the 1940s, when they started making drain tile.]
RR:
Ann Arbor AA
§ Broomcorn
o
Dinsmore, Florida
RR: Atlantic
Coast Line ACL not Florida East Coast FEC
§ Buildings
o
Harnischfeger
Corporation, House division
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pre-Fab Pre-Engineered, Factory
Fabricated Homes.
RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &
Pacific CMStP&P
§ Cans
o
American Can
Company
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Cans
RR: Baltimore & Ohio B&O; Erie; Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Heekin Can Company
Norwood, Ohio
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W and Pennsylvania PRR not Baltimore
& Ohio B&O
§ Candy
o
Life Savers, Inc.
Port Chester, New York
RR: New
York, New Haven & Hartford NYNH&H not New
York, Westchester & Boston NYW&B
o
Owyhee Candy Factory <- confirmed
Boise, Idaho
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Oregon Short Line OSL
§ Carpet & Rug
o
Marshall Field Co.
Draper, North Carolina
RR: Danville
& Western not Carolina & Northwestern
CR&N
§ Caskets
o
Burlington Casket
& Supply Co.
Burlington, Iowa
o
Sound Casket
Everett, Washington
RR: Great Northern GN; Northern Pacific NP; Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P; Union
Pacific UP
§ Cellulose
o
Swift & Company, Oil Mill
Meridian, Mississippi
RR: Southern (Sou); Illinois Central IC; Mobile & Ohio M&O;
Gulf, Mobile & Northern GM&N; [?]
§ Cement
o
Best Bros.
Gypsum Mill
Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Cement, Keene's Cement and fine
plaster. 50,000 tons of product a year. Employs 100 men. [Sold to National Gypsum in 1938.]
o
Columbia Cement Company
Fultonham, Ohio
RR: New
York Central NYC not Baltimore & Ohio
B&O
o
Hanover Gypsum and Cement Co.
Heath, Montana
o
Idaho Portland Cement
Co.
Inkom, Idaho
o
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Fogelsville, Pennsylvania
RR: Reading
not Lehigh Valley LV
o
Lehigh Portland
Cement Company
Metaline Falls, Washington
o
Marquette Cement Manufacturing
Company
Oglesby, Illinois
o
Pacific Portland Cement Company
Redwood City, California
Portland Cement made from oyster shells brought in by barge from San Francisco bay.
o
Spokane-Portland Cement Co.
Marcus, Washington
o
Union Portland Cement Co.
Henefer, Utah
(located four miles out of town.)
o
Universal Atlas Portland
Cement Co.
Leeds, Alabama
RR: Southern (Sou); Central of Georgia Rwy CG
§ Cereal
o
Quaker Oats Company
St. Joseph, Missouri
RR: Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy CB&Q; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe AT&SF; or Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific CRI&P (not Chicago Great
Western CGW; Union Pacific UP; Missouri Pacific MP)
§ Cheese
o
Kraft-Phenix
Denison, Texas
RR: Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT of Texas not just MKT
o
Premier-Pabst Corp.
- Should be: Kraft-Phenix
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Chicago, Illinois [not
sure]
Pabst-ett Process Cheese [Pabst sold this operation to Kraft
around 1933, but it was still made in Milwaukee. Not sure where or by whom this product was
made in 1938.]
RR: CMStP&P [?]
o
Stella Cheese Company
Clayton, Wisconsin
Fancy
Italian Cheeses: Provolone, Salama, Scarmoze, Encanestrato, Ricotta,
Parmesan, Romano, Modean, and others, shipped
throughout the whole nation. Formerly
the Clayton Cooperative Creamery.
RR: Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha CStPM&O not Chicago
& North Western C&NW
o
Mohler Creamery
Association, Cooperative Cheese Plant
Mohler, Oregon
Cheese. [Swiss? Cheddar?] (Mohler Creamery
is a farmer-owned Co-op, and is in turn a member of the Tillamook County
Creamery Association, a Co-op that sold the cheese.)
o
Stella Cheese Company
Mass, Michigan
RR: Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P not Copper Range CR
§ Chemicals
o
Allied Chemical &
Dye Corporation, Semet-Solvay Div.
Ashland, Kentucky
o
Anaconda Copper Mining
Co., Washoe Smelter
Anaconda, Montana
o
Anaconda Copper Mining
Company
Conda, Idaho
o
Belle Alkali Company
Belle, West Virginia
RR: New
York Central NYC not Chesapeake & Ohio
C&O
o
Detroit Soda Products
Trenton, Michigan <---- Not Wyandotte
RR:
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line D&TSL
not Grand Trunk Western GTW
o
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Belle, West Virginia
RR: New
York Central NYC not Chesapeake & Ohio
C&O
o
Ethyl-Dow Co.
not Chemical Plant
Kure Beach, North Carolina
(Formed in 1933, by Dow Chemical Co.)
o
Gold Medal Powder Co.
- not Explosive Plant
Thistle, Utah
o
Hudson Valley Fuel Corporation,
Coke Plant
Troy, New York
o
J. B. Ford
Wyandotte, Michigan
RR: Detroit
& Toledo Shore Line D&TSL not Grand
Trunk Western GTW
o
Lehigh
Briquetting Co.
Lehigh, North Dakota
o
Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Company
La Salle, Illinois
Goods barged down to the Municipal River and
Rail Terminal in Peoria.
o
Michigan Alkali
Wyandotte, Michigan
RR: Detroit
& Toledo Shore Line D&TSL not Grand
Trunk Western GTW
o
New Jersey Zinc Company
Palmerton, Pennsylvania
RR: Lehigh
& New England L&NE not Lehigh Valley LV
o
Pacific Coast Borax Company [We moved the soap references to Soap,
Household]
Wilmington not Alameda,
California
Twenty Mule
Team™ Borax Soap Chips, Boraxo™ polishing cleanser. used as a soldering flux and to make glass and artificial
gems.Refines borax brought by railroad from Death Valley.
RR: Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe ATSF not Southern Pacific
SP
o
Pennsylvania Salt
Wyandotte, Michigan
RR: Detroit
& Toledo Shore Line D&TSL not Grand
Trunk Western GTW
o
Phelps Dodge Mining
Corporation, Calumet & Arizona Smelter
Douglas, Arizona
o
Sharples Chemicals
Inc., Solvents Plant
Wyandotte, Michigan
RR: Detroit
& Toledo Shore Line D&TSL not Grand
Trunk Western GTW
o
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport, Tennessee
Cellulose acetate for Film. Also used in
yarn and plaster. 4,000 workers (A subsidiary of
Eastman Kodak Company)
o
Tennessee Products Corporation
Wrigley, Tennessee
RR: Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis NC&StL not Louisville
& Nashville L&N
§ Chillers
o Add “See also: Westinghouse, in the Unknown category.”
o
General Electric
Fort Wayne, Indiana
RR: Pennsylvania
Railroad PRR or Wabash not Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis CCC&StL (Big Four)
§ Clay
o
Attapulgus Clay Company
Morton, Mississippi
RR: Illinois
Central IC not Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Y&MV
o
Dry Branch Kaolin Co.
Dry Branch, Georgia
RR: MD&S
not DM&S
§ Clothing
o
Bear Brand Hosiery
Gary, Indiana
RR: Wabash
not New York, Chicago & St. Louis NYC&StL NKP
(Nickel Plate)
o
Bradley Knitting Company
Delavan, Wisconsin
o
Byer-Rolnick
Garland, Texas
RR: Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT of Texas
o
Durham Hosiery Mills
Durham, North Carolina
o
Goodall Company
Cincinnati, Ohio
A mammoth establishment of white brick and terra cotta. A subsidiary of the Goodall Worsted Company, Sanford Maine, makers of
Genuine Palm Beach Cloth. [Company
moves to Kentucky in 1942.]
o
Russell Mills
Alexander City, Alabama
Knitted Sportswear.
o
Sigmund Eisner Clothing Company
Red Bank, New Jersey
RR: New York & Long Branch not Long Beach
o
Tupelo Garment
Co.
Tupelo, Mississippi
o
William Carter Mill
Needham, Massachusetts
RR: New
York, New Haven & Hartford NYNH&H not Boston
& Albany B&A
o
Wolverine Shoe &
Tanning Corporation
Rockford, Michigan
RR: Pennsylvania
PRR not Grand Rapids & Indiana GR&I
§ Clothing, Mens
o
Curlee Clothing Company
Mayfield, Kentucky
Makers of the Nationally Famous 100% Pure Wool Velvet
Finish Blue Serge Suit.
o
Hyde Park Clothing
not Clothes Manufacturing Plant
Newport, Kentucky
o
John B. Stetson Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
o
Nelson Knitting Mills
Rockford, Illinois
Work Socks. Over 12 million pairs
of hose a year. Every pair of Red Heel® work
socks comes with instructions for making a sock monkey.
§ Clothing, Womens
o
Belmont Hosiery
Co
Belmont, New Hampshire
Makers of the famous "Grace
Mae" hosiery.
RR: Boston & Maine B&M
§ Coal & Coke
o
Allied Chemical &
Dye Corporation, Semet-Solvay Div.
Ashland, Kentucky
o
American Briquet Company
Boston, Massachusetts
RR: Boston
& Albany B&A, Boston & Maine B&M; New York, New Haven &
Hartford NYNH&H not New York Central NYC
o
American Smelting & Refining Co., Coke Ovens
Cokedale, Colorado
RR: Colorado
& Southern C&S and Denver & Rio Grande Western D&RGW not
Colorado & Wyoming C&W
o
Home Riverside Coal Mine
Leavenworth, Kansas
Electrically equipped, the 750 feet deep mine shaft extends under the Missouri
River. 400 tons daily
o
Black Diamond Coal Company
Black Diamond, Washington
RR: Pacific
Coast RR not Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &
Pacific CMStP&P
o
Hudson Valley Fuel
Corporation, Coke Plant
Troy, New York
o
Jewel Mine
Paris, Arkansas
RR: St.
Louis Southwestern Rwy SSW (Cotton Belt) not Missouri
Pacific MP
o
Newberry Lumber and Chemical Company
Newberry, Michigan
RR: Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic DSS&A not Minneapolis,
St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie MStP&SStM (Soo Line) [?]
o
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport, Tennessee
Charket™. Made from charcoal. (A subsidiary of
Eastman Kodak Company)
o
Tri-Party Coal Mine
Corunna, Michigan
Coal. Started operations in the Fall of 1935. About 250 tons
of coal are raised daily.
RR:
Ann Arbor AA
o
Lehigh Briquetting Co.
Lehigh, North Dakota
Lignite Briquettes
not Briquets
(Untreated lignite is rated
at 6,500)
o
Lehigh Navigation & Coal Co.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
RR: Lehigh
& New England L&NE not Lehigh Valley LV
o
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport, Tennessee
Charket™. Made from charcoal. (A subsidiary of
Eastman Kodak Company)
o
Union Pacific Coal Company
Superior, Wyoming
Operates three mines here, producing 6,000 tons daily
o
Eckhart Mines, Maryland
RR: Cumberland
& Pennsylvania not Western Maryland WM [?]
§ Coffee, Tea, & Spices
o
Jewel Tea Co. Inc.
Barrington, Illinois
In addition to its home route service, Jewel has, since 1932, acquired a chain of about 100 grocery stores, many
with meat markets. In 1934, Jewel Food Stores merged with Jewel Tea Company.
§ Construction Equipment
o
Bucyrus-Erie
Company
Erie, Pennsylvania
Power Shovels, Cranes, Dredges, and Excavators. World's Greatest Builder of Excavating
Machinery. (The
Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, merged with the Erie Steam
Shovel Company in 1927, to form Bucyrus-Erie.)
o
Caterpillar Tractor Company
East Peoria, Illinois
Tractors - #10 and #11 "Auto
Patrols," [Their name for what we
would call a "road grader.”] Used extensively the world over
in industry and road building.
o
Foote Manufacturing Co.
Nunda, New York
RR: Pennsylvania
PRR not Erie [?]
o
R. G. LeTourneau Inc.
Peoria, Illinois
Tournapull/Carryall four-wheeled,
self-propelled scrapers; angledozers and bulldozers for earthmoving; two
and three section sheeps foot rollers; 3 and 5 tooth rooters; derricks and
loading cranes; logging arches.
RR:
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
CRI&P
o
R. G. LeTourneau Inc.
Stockton, California
Tractor-pulled scrapers and other
types of earthmoving equipment.
RR: Southern
Pacific SP
o
Bucyrus, Ohio
RR:
Pennsylvania Railroad PRR; but not Baltimore & Ohio B&O; or New York Central NYC
§ Copper & Copper Alloy
o
American Smelting & Refining Co., Tacoma
Smelter
Ruston, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP; or Great Northern GN not Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
§ Copper & Copper Alloy, Crude
o
Anaconda Copper Mining
Co., Washoe Smelter
Anaconda, Montana
o
Anaconda Copper Mining
Co., Precipitating Plant
Meaderville, Montana
o
International Smelting & Refining Co.
Tooele, Utah <--- Not Toole
RR:
Tooele Valley Rwy. not Union Pacific UP
o
American Smelting & Refining Co., Garfield
Smelter
Garfield, Utah
RR: Union
Pacific UP and Bingham & Garfield not Denver
& Rio Grande Western D&RGW
o
Phelps Dodge Mining
Corporation, Clarkdale Smelter
Clarkdale, Arizona
o
Phelps Dodge Mining
Corporation, Calumet & Arizona Smelter
Douglas, Arizona
[At some point, this became known as the Douglas
Reduction Works.]
§ Copper & Copper Alloy, Finished
o
Mueller Brass Co.
Port Huron, Michigan
§ Cotton
o
Lake Charles Cotton Compress
Lake Charles, Louisiana
RR:
Kansas City Southern KCS not Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal RR
o
New Orleans Compress Company
New Orleans, Louisiana
RR: Texas
& Pacific T&P not Southern (Sou) [?]
o
Staple Cooperative Association Warehouse
Greenwood, Mississippi
Illinois Central IC not Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Y&MV
o
Wellington, Texas
RR: Fort Worth and Denver City FW&DC (not
just Texas Fort Worth & Denver FW&D)
§ Cotton Gin Equipment
o
Continental Gin Company
Dallas, Texas
RR: Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT of Texas not just MKT
o
Centennial Cotton Gin Co.
Columbus, Georgia
o
Lummus Cotton Gin Co.
Columbus, Georgia
§ Cranes & Hoists
o
Morgan Engineering Company
Alliance, Ohio
RR: New
York Central NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad PRR not Clarendon & Pittsford C&P
§ Dairy
o
Blue Earth Co-operative Creamery
Blue Earth, Minnesota
RR: Chicago
& North Western C&NW not Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
The Fairmont
Creamery Co.
Moorhead, Minnesota
o
Farmers' Co-operative Creamery [not sure]
Hubbard, Iowa
RR: Chicago
& North Western C&NW not Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Farmers' Union Creamery
Co. not Cooperative Cream Station
Fairbury, Nebraska
o
Milk Products Company
Sunnyside, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP or Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
North American Creamery Co.
Oakes, North Dakota
§ Dairy, Canned
o
Carnation Milk Products
Waverly, Iowa
Condensed Milk. Milk from Northeast Iowa.
RR: Chicago
Great Western CGW not Illinois Central IC
o
Iowa Condensed Milk Company
West Liberty, Iowa
RR: Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P not Chicago
& North Western C&NW
o
Pet Milk Company
Wayland, Michigan
RR: Pennsylvania
PRR not Grand Rapids & Indiana GR&I
o
Sego Milk Products Company
Richmond, Utah
RR: Union Pacific UP not Utah-Idaho Central UIC
§ Dairy, Dried
o
Milk Products Company
Sunnyside, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP or Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
§ Dairy, Malted
o
Borden Milk Company
Elgin, Illinois
Thompson's "Double Malted" Malted
Milk.
o
Wander Company
RR: CGW and
CA&E (Electric) - Anthony Rio
§
Diving Equipment
o
Andrew J. Morse &
Son, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Diving Apparatus and Submarine Appliances
RR: Union Freight Railroad UF
§ Dessert Mixes
o
Minute Tapioca
Orange, Massachusetts
Minute® Tapioca No Soaking -- Always Ready to Cook. (Part of General
Foods.)
§ Electric Eyes
o Weston
Electrical Instrument Corporation not Plant
Newark, New Jersey
§ Electrical Apparatus
o
Copperweld Steel
Company
Glassport, Pennsylvania
Copperweld(tm) Copper Clad Steel Wire
used for overhead ground wires on transmission lines, pole guys, and as
messengers for supporting aerial power cables.
RR:
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie P&LE
o
Seyler Manufacturing
Co.
Glenshaw, Pennsylvania
Porcelain Electrical Insulators
RR:
Baltimore & Ohio B&O
o
Whitall Tatum Company
Macomb, Illinois
o
Whitall Tatum
Company
Millville, New Jersey
Glass Insulators [This company was
purchased by Armstrong Cork in 1938.]
RR: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line PRSS
§ Electrical Supplies
o
Bryant Electric Company
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bryant
Superior Wiring Devices: lampholders, connecting devices, plates, fuses, cutouts, plural
plugs, switches of all types, and more.
o
Central Tube
Company
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Conduit and Steel Pipe, plating and
galvanizing.
RR: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Colts (not Colt’s) Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., Electrical Division
Hartford, Connecticut
Colt Noark Electric Switches, Cartridge Fuses,
Attachment Plugs, Entrance switches and molded panels of household electrical
systems.
§ Electric Motors
o
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Norwood Works
Norwood, Ohio
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W and Pennsylvania PRR not Baltimore
& Ohio B&O
o
Owosso Metal
Industries
Owosso, Michigan
Small electric motors for fans and windshield wipers. (Formerly
known as A.G. Redmond Company, which moved here from Flint in 1937.)
RR:
Ann Arbor AA
§ Engines
o
Aermotor Company
Chicago, Illinois
Aermotor Gas Engine line, including the 8 Cycle, Back Geared #10 and
#11.
RR:
Chicago & Alton
o
Allison Engineering Company
Speedway City, Indiana
RR: Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis CCC&StL (Big Four) not Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Curtiss-Wright
Corporation, Wright Aeronautical Plant
Paterson, New Jersey
o
Deere & Co.,
Tractor Plant
Waterloo, Iowa
Stationary & Portable Engines in sizes from two to forty-two
horsepower. (Former plant of Waterloo
Gasoline Tractor Engine Company, makers of the "Waterloo Boy"
engine.)
RR: Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Great Lakes Engineering Works
River Rouge, Michigan
RR: Michigan
Central Mich.Cent. and New York Central NYC not Grand
Trunk Western GTW
o
Maytag Company
Newton, Iowa
Gasoline farm washer engines, including the two-cylinder Multi-motor.
RR:
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
o
New Idea, Inc.
Coldwater, Ohio
Sandwich hit & miss engines.
RR:
Cincinnati Northern or New York, Chicago
& St. Louis NYC&StL NKP (Nickel Plate) not New York Central NYC
o
Servel, Inc.
Evansville, Indiana
Hercules gasoline engines.
RR:
Illinois Central; Chicago & Eastern
Illinois; Southern
o
Skinner Engine
Company
Erie, Pennsylvania
Universal Uniflow Steam Engines for
electric generation plants. [Known to
make sizes between 75 and 400 H.P.]
RR:
Bessemer & Lake Erie B&LE; New
York Central NYC; New York, Chicago & St. Louis NYC&StL NKP (Nickel
Plate); Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Waukesha Motor
Company
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Waukesha Gas and Gasoline Engines. Four
and six cylinder models.
RR:
Chicago & North Western C&NW;
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P; Minneapolis, St. Paul
& Sault Ste. Marie MStP&SStM (Soo Line)
§ Factory Equipment.
o
Erie Forge
Company
Erie, Pennsylvania
Steel Rolling Mills
RR: Bessemer & Lake Erie B&LE; New York Central NYC; New York,
Chicago & St. Louis NYC&StL NKP (Nickel Plate); Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
o
Smith-Winchester Manufacturing Company
South Windham, Connecticut
RR: Maine
Central MEC not Central Vermont CV
o
Kelley-Koett Co. not Manufacturing
Plant
Covington, Kentucky
(In 1933, they produced the largest X-ray machine in
the world.)
o
Lyon Metal Products,
Incorporated., Western Plant
Los Angeles, California
STEEL SHELVING, Folding Chairs, Boxes, Shop Equipment, Lockers.
RR: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ATSF; Los Angeles Junction Rwy LAJ;
Pacific Electric PER; Southern Pacific SP; Union Pacific UP
o
Mesta Machine Co.
West Homestead, Pennsylvania
Steel Works and Rolling Mill Equipment.
giant rolling mills and die-forge presses.
Founded in 1898.
RR: Baltimore & Ohio B&O; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie P&LE
o
Quaker City Rubber
Company
Wissinoming, Pennsylvania
High Grade Rubber Belting, Conveyor
Belting, Tempered Hose, Couplers, Packings and all sorts of Rubber Goods
for Mechanical Purposes.
RR: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
The Louden Machinery
Company
Fairfield, Iowa
Material handling equipment for farm and
industry. Hangers for barn and
garage doors.
RR: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q; Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific CRI&P
§ Farm Equipment
o
Aermotor Company
Chicago, Illinois
Windmills from 6’ to 20’, Windmill Towers, Tanks, Pumps, Regulator,
Cylinders, and much more.
RR:
Chicago & Alton
o
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Two Bottom Plows and other farm implements "A moldboard plow for every purpose." (Plows in
1937 catalog have spoked steel wheels.) Four Buildings.
o
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
La Porte, Indiana
[Up to 60 combines a week in [1941.] (Company's Model WC tractor [built 1930-1940] was the first
to come with rubber tires standard, in 1934.)
o
Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Co., Tractor Division
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Tractors [Company's model WC, produced from 1930 to 1941, was the first
tractor with rubber tires as standard equipment. (1934)] Also made Models UC and M, a crawler-type
tractor. Do your farming faster, better
and cheaper with the sturdy, dependable MODEL "WC" tractor. It pulls two 14-inch plows in most
conditions; delivers 27 to 31 H.P. on the belt.
A full line of matched implements adapts the "WC" to every
job.
RR: Chicago
& North Western
o
American Farm
Machinery Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Kinkade Garden Tractor
RR: Minnesota
Transfer Railway MT Rwy
o
Clay Equipment Company
Cedar Falls, Iowa
o
Deere & Co., Dain
Mfg.
Ottumwa, Iowa
John Deere-Dain hay loaders, side
delivery rakes, sweep rakes, hay stackers and hay presses. This location also produces Kafir headers,
handy farm mixers and pump jacks.
RR: Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy CB&Q
o
Deere & Co., Deere
and Mansur Works
Moline, Illinois
Largest and best equipped corn planter factory in the
world, home to the famous No. 999 John Deere planter.
o
Deere & Co., John
Deere Harvester Works
Moline, Illinois
Grain binders, Rice binders, Corn
binders, Corn pickers, Combines, Threshers, mowers, self-dump rakes, field
ensilage cutters, and mower knife grinders.
RR: Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
Deere & Co., John
Deere Wagon Works
Moline, Illinois
Also make rotary hoes, stalk cutters, rod weeders,
vetch planters and fertilizer distributors.
o
Deere & Co., Plow
Works
Moline, Illinois
Steel
moldboard and disk plows, cultivators, spike-tooth harrows, listers, and disk
tillers. (The ChisL-Point
plow bottom, "greatest improvement in plow bottoms since John Deere gave
to the world the steel plow," was introduced in the 1930s.)
o
Deere & Co.,
Spreader Works
East Moline, Illinois
Manure spreaders, corn shellers, grain
elevators, cotton harvesters, hammer mills and tractor tire pumps.
RR: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Deere & Co., Syracuse
Chilled Plow Co.
Syracuse, New York
Chilled Steel
Plows, spring-tooth harrows, quack-grass
harrows, potato machinery, and grape and berry hoes. (Syracuse Chilled Steel Plow Company built
this factory in 1876)
o
Deere & Co., (not
just John Deere) Tractor Plant
Waterloo, Iowa
Tractors. including standard-tread, adjustable-tread,
orchard and industrial-type models.
Thirteen types of tractor for every kind of field and orchard operation.
o
Deere & Co., Van
Brunt Mfg. Works
Horicon, Wisconsin
Grain Drills, lime and fertilizer
distributors, stiff- and spring-tooth field and orchard cultivators.
RR: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
Dempster Mill Mfg.
Co.
RR: CB&Q
(not UP)
o
Galloway Company not Plant
Waterloo, Iowa
o
George E.
Nissen & Co.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
[Fifteen-story building.]
o
Hall Manufacturing Co.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Agricultural Hardware. Harrows, Hand Cultivators, buckets, tubs,
feed pans, etc.
RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW
o
Haller Proprietary Company
Blair, Nebraska
RR: Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha CStPM&O not Union
Pacific UP
o
International Harvester Co., FarmAll Works
Rock Island, Illinois
Tractors. (IHC had $351,928,000 in sales, $43,945,000
net income, in 1937. McCormick-Deering Farmall models F-20 and F-30 were current
in 1937.)
o
Minneapolis Moline Power Implement Company
Hopkins, Minnesota
Tractors and
Farm Machinery not Farm Implements.
A large manufacturer of farm implements.
The MM All Steel Thresher: Greater Capacity -
Cleaner Threshing for all grains, rice and seeds. 19 Roller and Ball Bearings Only 6 Belts.
The MM Spreader: Easiest Loading!
Corn Shellers, Corn Planters.
RR: Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
New Idea, Inc.
Coldwater, Ohio
Quality Farm machinery
Sandwich-New Idea portable elevator, New Idea models 8 & 9 manure
spreaders, "Easyway" hay loader, 2 row corn picker, 4 & 6 roll
husker and shredder, cylinder shellers, feed mixers and steel farm wagons. - “A New Idea for every season of the year”
RR:
Cincinnati Northern (NYC)
o
George E. Nissen & Co.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wagons. Established 1787. Making 2,500 a year from white oak and
hickory, using modern machinery. [Fifteen-story building.]
o
The Louden Machinery
Company
Fairfield, Iowa
Material handling equipment for farm and
industry. Hay forks, bale handlers,
Hangers for barn and garage doors. Free
barn planning service!
RR: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q; Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific CRI&P
o
Vix Air Circulation Company
Zillah, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP or Union Pacific UP
not Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
Company OWRR&N
o
Wiard Plow Co.
Batavia, New York
§ Farm Supplies
o
Cavert Wire
Company
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Baling Wire.
RR: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie P&LE
§ Fertilizer
o
Colorado Fuel &
Iron Co., Minnequa Steel Plant
Pueblo, Colorado
o
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Hopewell, Virginia
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W not Norfolk Southern NS
o
Filer Fibre Co.
Filer City, Michigan
RR: Manistee
& Northeastern not Chesapeake & Ohio
C&O
§ Fibre, Man-made
o
American Viscose
Corporation
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Artificial Silk. The plant, built in 1930, covers 44 acres of
land, and is one of Meadville's biggest employers.
RR: Erie;
Bessemer & Lake Erie B&LE
o
Celanese Corporation of America
Cresaptown, Maryland
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not Western Maryland WM
o
Delaware Rayon Co.
New Castle, Delaware
§ Fibre, Wood
o
Crown Zellerbach Corporation
Port Townsend, Washington
RR: Port
Townsend Southern R.R. PTS not Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
§ Fire Brick
o
The Clearfield Fire
Brick Company
Clearfield, Kentucky
RR: Morehead
& North Fork not Chesapeake & Ohio
C&O [?]
§ Fish
o
Grassy Fork Fisheries
Martinsville, Indiana
RR: Pennsylvania
PRR not Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville
CI&L (Monon)
§ Flour & Meal
o
Bay State Milling
Winona, Minnesota
RR: Chicago & North Western
C&NW; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q;
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
East Star Mill
Central City, Iowa
RR: Illinois
Central IC not Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
& Pacific CMStP&P
o
J. C. Lysle Milling
Co.
Leavenworth, Kansas
o
King Midas Flour Mills, Mill B (not King Midas
Mill)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
RR: Minneapolis
Eastern ME not Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
& Pacific CMStP&P
o
Meridian Grain Elevator Plant
Meridian, Mississippi
Illinois Central IC not Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Y&MV
o
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Astoria, Oregon
o
Pillsbury Mills, Inc.
Enid, Oklahoma
o
Pillsbury Mills, Inc., "A" Mill
Minneapolis, Minnesota
RR: Great
Northern GN not Northern Pacific NP
o
Quaker Oats Company
St. Joseph, Missouri
RR:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
AT&SF; Chicago Great Western CGW; Union Pacific UP;
Missouri Pacific MP; or Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P [?]
o
Russell-Miller Milling
Co.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
RR:
Great Northern GN [?]
, Chicago Great Western CGW, Northern Pacific NP
o
Cadillac, Michigan
Potato Flour
RR: Ann
Arbor AA
o
Morris, Minnesota
RR: Great
Northern GN and Northern Pacific NP not Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
§ Food Ingredients
o
Detroit Soda Products
Trenton, Michigan <---- Not Wyandotte
RR:
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line D&TSL,
not Grand Trunk Western GTW
o
Gregory-Robinson-Speas
Vinegar Co.
Paris, Texas
Vinegar from locally-grown
apples. [This plant was served by rail,
but I'm not positive when.]
RR:
St. Louis - San Francisco SLSF (Frisco);
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe GC&SF; Southern Pacific SP; Texas &
Pacific T&P
o
Gregory-Robinson-Speas Vinegar Co.
Rogers, Arkansas
Gregory's Distilled Elko-Ozark White
Pickling Vinegar, Apple Cider
Vinegar.
o
Gregory-Robinson-Speas Vinegar Co.
Sumner, Washington
[Company name
changed to Speas Vinegar Company in 1946.]
o
Knox Gelatine Company
Johnstown, New York
o
Premier-Pabst
Corporation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Malt Syrup. Pabst Blue Label, Pabst Black Label, Sheboygan, Puritan
(not Puritain) and many private brands.
RR:
CMStP&P
o
Solvay Process Company
Syracuse, New York
Bicarbonate of Soda
[Arm & Hammer?] (A&H is made by
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., who also make Washing Soda.)
§ Food Processing Equipment
o
Columbus Marble Works
Columbus, Mississippi
Said to be the largest plant of its kind in the South.
§ Food Processing Supplies
o
International Wood Products Company
Cathlamet, Washington
[Nearest railroad,
SP&S, seems to be across the river in Bradwood, Oregon.]
o
Stelle-Wallace Co. not Steele
Richwood, West Virginia
§ Fruit, Canned
o
Applegrowers Association Cannery
Hood River, Oregon
Apples, &
Pears, & Cherries. Beginning
late August (pears) on through December (low grade apples) 1,125 fruit ranchers grow 34,000 acres of apples, pears,
and cherries.
o
Kuner-Empson Canning Co.
Ft. Collins, Colorado
Apples & Cherries.
The apples and cherries are shipped by truck.
RR: Colorado
& Southern C&S and Union Pacific UP
o
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
RR: Green
Bay & Western GB&W not Ahnapee &
Western A&W
§ Fruit, Dried
o
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno, California
(This co-operative changed its name in 1922 from
California Associated Raisin Co.)
o
Valley Evaporating Company
Prosser, Washington
Dehydrated Apples. (The rightful
ownership of 771,614 pounds of peelings and cores from this plant during the
1937 season was the subject of a lawsuit.)
RR: Northern
Pacific NP not Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
Washington Dehydrating Foods, Inc.
Grandview, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP not Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company OWRR&N
§ Fruit, Fresh
o
Yakima Fruit Growers
Assn. not Big Y. Storage Plant
Grandview, Washington
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
Perham Fruit Company.,
Grandview Cold Storage Plant
Grandview, Washington
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington Railroad &
Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
State Refrigeration Terminal
San Francisco, California
o
Paducah, Kentucky
RR: Illinois Central IC; Gulf, Mobile
& Northern GM&N; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis NC&StL
not Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q
o
Pocomoke City, Maryland (not Pokomoke)
o
Thomson, Illinois <-- not Thompson
§ Fruit, Fresh, Berries
o
Strawberry Growers' Cooperative
Benton, Kentucky
RR: Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis NC&StL not Louisville
& Nashville L&N
o
Humboldt, Tennessee
RR: Louisville
& Nashville L&N or Mobile & Ohio M&O not Illinois Central IC
§ Fruit, Fresh, Citrus
o
Silver Springs Citrus
Co. not
Howey-in-the-Hills Fruit Shippers
Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida
o
Loxahatchee Groves
Packing Plant
Loxahatchee, Florida
[Nearest RR in 2004 was in West Palm Beach, which had
SAL and FEC in 1938.]
(Fruit was sent north via a "small
railroad.")
RR: Seaboard
Air Line SAL [There are no nearby railroads.]
o
Pharr, Texas
RR: Missouri
Pacific MP not Southern Pacific SP
§ Fruit, Fresh, Orchard
o
Kickapoo Orchards
Gays Mills, Wisconsin
RR: Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P not Chicago, Burlington & Quincy CB&Q
o
Perham Fruit Company
Yakima, Washington
RR: UP
(Not Northern Pacific)
o
Trexler Farms
Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
(The Ironton Railroad is leased by the Lehigh Valley
and the Reading.)
RR:
Ironton Railroad not Lehigh Valley LV
o
Troy Apple Growers Assn.
not Cooperative
Troy, Kansas
Apples, Pears, and Peaches.
RR: Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P and Union Pacific UP not St. Joseph & Grand Island StJ&GI
o
Yakima Fruit Growers Association
Sawyer, Washington
Orchard Fruits. Red tile warehouse. 75
growers cultivate 1,200 acres.
RR: Northern
Pacific NP and Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
o
Riverside Orchard Co.
Lewiston, Idaho
o
Mesa Orchards
Mesa, Idaho
Apples. 1,200 acre orchard, one of the world's largest, irrigated by a flume from Lost Lake reservoir.
Apples move from packing to railroad by overhead cable tram.
Storage for 300,000 bushels.
o
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
RR: Green
Bay & Western GB&W not Ahnapee &
Western A&W
o
Waitsburg, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP and Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
§ Fruit, Frozen
o
Kruse's Inc., Strawberry
Packing Plant
Plant City, Florida
o
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
RR: Green
Bay & Western GB&W not Ahnapee &
Western A&W
§ Fruit Juice
o
Church Grape Juice Company
Kennewick, Washington
Main office, factory, bottling works, Cold Storage,
and what may be the largest...
RR: UP
(Not Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
Company)
§ Fullers Earth
o
Engelhard Corporation
Quincy, Florida
RR: Seaboard Air Line SAL not Louisville & Nashville
L&N
§ Furniture
o
Abernathy Furniture
Company not Plant
Leavenworth, Kansas
o
B. J. Harrison
Arkville, New York
(On the West Shore Route of the New York Central, formerly owned by PRR.)
RR: Delaware
& Northern and New York Central NYC
o
Berkey & Gay Furniture Co.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RR: Pennsylvania
Railroad PRR not Grand Trunk Western GTW
o
Hamilton Manufacturing
Company
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Child Craft and Posturbilt brand juvenile furniture, Including Bedroom Sets,
Desks, Tables, Chairs, Cribs and Playpens.
"From Crib to College"
RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW
o
John Widdicomb
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RR: Pere
Marquette PM not Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Luce Furniture
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RR: Pere
Marquette PM not Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Mersman Brothers Table Factory
Celina, Ohio
RR: Cincinnati
Northern and New York, Chicago & St. Louis NYC&StL NKP (Nickel Plate)
not New York Central NYC
o
Sligh Furniture
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RR: Pennsylvania
Railroad PRR not Pere Marquette PM
o
South Tamworth Industries
South Tamworth, New Hampshire
[Nearest railroad seems to be the Boston & Maine
in West Ossipee, 5 miles away.]
o
Wallace Nutting
Framingham, Massachusetts
Fine Wooden Furniture. (They
put out a "Final Edition" of their catalog in 1937.) [Catalog showed
dining room and living room furniture.]
RR: Boston & Albany B&A; New York, New Haven & Hartford
NYNH&H
o
Widdicomb Furniture
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RR: Pere
Marquette PM not Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
o
Boise, Idaho
RR: Union
Pacific UP not Oregon Short Line OSL
o
Vernon, Texas
RR: Fort Worth and Denver City FW&DC (not just Fort Worth & Denver FW&D)
§ Generators
o
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co., Norwood Works
Norwood, Ohio
RR: Norfolk
& Western N&W and Pennsylvania PRR not Baltimore
& Ohio B&O
o
Kohler Co.
Kohler (not Sheboygan) Wisconsin
The Kohler Model K electric plants used on Byrd's
first Antarctic trip in 1929 were still in working order in 1934. Kohler makes its own engines.
RR:
Chicago & North Western C&NW not Wisconsin
Power & Light WP&L as I once
thought.
§ Glass
o
Blenko Glass Company
Milton, West Virginia
Hand-Blown Stained Sheet Glass and
Glassware, vases, jugs, cocktail mixers, etc.,
including reproduction pieces used in Colonial
Williamsburg. Twenty highly skilled
workers. Established 1922.
o
Laurens Glass Works
Laurens, South Carolina
(This should be under Bottles)
Beverage Bottles for Coca Cola and others.
o
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Rossford, Ohio
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not New York Central NYC
§ Glass, Plate
o
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Rossford, Ohio
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not New York Central NYC
§ Glass, Structural
o
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Rossford, Ohio
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not New York Central NYC
§ Glass, Window
o
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co.
Rossford, Ohio
RR: Baltimore
& Ohio B&O not New York Central NYC
§
Gold & Silver
o
American Smelting
& Refining Co.
Omaha, Nebraska
RR: Union Pacific UP; Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy CB&Q; Chicago Great Western CGW; Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific CRI&P; Missouri Pacific MP; [?] not Chicago & North Western C&NW; Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Paul & Pacific CMStP&P; Illinois Central IC; or Wabash
o
American Smelting & Refining Co., Tacoma
Smelter
Ruston, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP; or Great Northern GN not Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
§ Grain
o
Farmers Elevator
Co.
Abilene, Kansas
o
Kaw Point River-Rail Terminal Elevator
Kansas City, Kansas
(AT&SF's Kansas City station is called Argentine,
Kansas.)
o
Chillicothe, Texas
RR: Fort Worth and Denver City FW&DC not
just Fort Worth & Denver FW&D
o
Dalhart, Texas
RR: Fort Worth and Denver City FW&DC not
just Fort Worth & Denver FW&D
o
Odebolt, Iowa
Popcorn. (Three nationally-known popcorn companies do a large business
here: J. L. Bruce Popcorn Co., Albert Dickinson
Popcorn Co., F. W. Rueckheim & Bro. {Cracker Jack})
o
Waitsburg, Washington
RR: Northern
Pacific NP and Union Pacific UP not Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company OWRR&N
§ Grave Markers
o
Columbus Marble Works
Columbus, Mississippi
Headstones from Georgia and Alabama
Marble. Said to be largest of its kind
in the South. (Opened
branch office in Chattanooga in 1937.)
§ Grease
o
Pocahontas Tanning Company
Frank, West Virginia
RR: Chesapeake
& Ohio C&O not Western Maryland WM
§ Greenhouse & Nursery
o Add “See also: Sam Roake & Sons, in the Unknown category”
o
A. E. Kunderd, Inc.
not Kundred Glaiolus Farm or A. E. Kundred, Inc.
Goshen, Indiana
<< Yes, I have flip-flopped several times on the
spelling. The DERD spelling is from
their catalog. >>
o
Maple Lawn Gardens
Tamaroa, Illinois (not Tamora)
o
Wragg Central Nurseries
Waukee, Iowa
RR: Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P and Minneapolis & St. Louis
M&StL not Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
CRI&P
§ Greenhouse & Nursery, Live
o
Ashe Nursery
Brooklyn, Mississippi
RR: Illinois
Central IC not Gulf & Ship Island G&SI
o
Chase Nursery
Chase, Alabama
RR: Southern
Sou not Louisville & Nashville L&N
o
Earl Ferris Nursery
Hampton, Iowa
RR:
Chicago Great Western CGW not Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Griffing Nurseries
Voth, Texas
[Railroad may have been T&NO.]
RR: Southern
Pacific SP
o
Sonderegger Nursery &
Seed Co.
Beatrice, Nebraska
§ Guns & Ammunition
o
Colts ( not Colt's) Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co.
Hartford, Connecticut
§ Handtools
o
The American Fork & Hoe Company
Wallingford, Vermont
True Temper Brand Shovels, Forks, Rakes, Hoes,
Seeders and Cultivators; Kelly brand axes and hammers. One of twelve plants of the biggest
manufacturers of hand garden tools in the world.
o
Ames Baldwin Wyoming Company
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Military-Quality Shovels - "The Shovel That Built America" Since
1774. (This plant opened in 1931, and is switched by an electric line.)
o
F. D. Kees Mfg.
Co.
Beatrice, Nebraska
o
Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Disston also makes files and other tools.)
o
Klein Tools
Skokie [not sure], Illinois
[Is this the factory or just the offices?]
RR: Chicago
& North Western C&NW not Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
o
Black &
Decker
Towson, Maryland
RR: Maryland
& Pennsylvania M&P not Northern Central
Rwy NCRY (PRR)
o
Owatonna Tool Co.
Owatonna, Minnesota
Tools for Automobile Mechanics. Founded
in 1926. OTC - "Utmost in
Tools."
RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &
Pacific CMStP&P; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific CRI&P
o
Walworth Manufacturing
Co.
Boston, Massachusetts
Stillson Wrenches, and other products for the plumbing trade. (The Stillson wrench, also known as pipe
wrench, was invented here shortly after the Civil War.)
RR: New York, New Haven & Hartford NYNH&H
o
Walworth Manufacturing Plant
Co., Kewanee Works
Kewanee, Illinois
Stillson & Monkey Wrenches. Specialized
in cast and ductile iron components, providing fast service to the north
central states. Special wrenches for boiler work. (A 1937 postcard of
this plant shows brick buildings interspersed with railroad tracks.)
§ Hardware
o
American Steel and Wire Company, South Works
Worcester, Massachusetts
(Advertised "Wire Fabric - The Steel Backbone of
Concrete" in 1929.)
o
F. D. Kees Mfg.
Co.
Beatrice, Nebraska
(This company also does Foundry work.)
o
Lussky, White &
Coolidge, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Cabinet and Drapery Hardware drapery
rods, webbing, cushions, wheels, door knobs, etc.
RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW
o Mueller Brass Co.