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WMS's predecessor was the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1943 by Harry E. Williams. However, the company that became WMS Industries was formally founded in 1974 as Williams Electronics, Inc. Williams initially was a manufacturer of pinball machines.
Wytheville c. 1845. Wythe County was created in 1789 and named for George Wythe, the "father of American Jurisprudence" and signer of the Declaration of Independence.In May 1790, Chris Simmerman donated 85 acres, John Davis donated 10 acres, and Robert Williams donated 5 acres to establish a town and county seat.
January 3 – A natural gas explosion and a fire occurred at a gas pressure station in Wytheville, Virginia, destroying a home and a motorcycle store. [231] January 8 – A leak in a 12-inch pipe at a Koch Industries tank farm in Benavides County, Texas spilled about 10,500 barrels of crude oil. The cause was internal corrosion of the pipe ...
WMS Gaming was founded as a subsidiary of WMS Industries, whose roots date back to the 1943 founding of Williams Manufacturing Company. Over the last decades of the 20th century, Williams produced popular pinball machines and video arcade games.
Snap-on Industrial Brands, historically J.H. Williams Tool Group, is a division of American hand tool manufacturer Snap-on that makes and distributes tools to industrial markets. In addition to the Williams brand from which it originated, the group includes Bahco and CDI Torque Products .
The fort and its surrounding buildings served as the county seat until the incorporated town of Wytheville was established approximately 10 miles to the west. The fort fell into disrepair and its ruins were covered over when the intersection of I-77 and I-81 was constructed in the 1970s.
In 1902 Jesse's brother, Lester Williams, entered into a partnership with him and built the Williams Brothers Machine shop on South 8th Avenue in Marshalltown, Iowa, the site where the current plant is located today. [12] By 1905 the brothers began specializing in trowels and referred to that part of the business as Marshalltown Trowel Works. [13]
Reed Creek Mill is a historic grist mill at 1565 South Church Street in Wytheville, Virginia. The property includes a c. 1902 wood-frame mill building, a mill dam and raceway, and a c. 1950 storage building. The site has seen industrial use as a mill since 1858; its first mill was torn down late in the 19th century.