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Mueller Systems was founded in 1859 as Hawes and Hersey Company in Boston, Massachusetts and was a manufacturer of bolts, rotary pumps, and other machinery. [3] [4] In 1885, the company received a patent on the rotary displacement meter and began manufacturing water meters under the name Hersey Meter Company, offering its first rotary and disc meters for sale in 1886.
Mueller Systems is a manufacturer and distributor of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and automatic meter reading (AMR) technology, as well as residential, commercial and fire-line meters and related products. [23] Founded as Hawes and Hersey Company in 1859, Mueller Systems is the oldest manufacturer of water meters in the United States ...
Milton S. Hershey, c. 1915 Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.. Trained in the confectionery business, Hershey pioneered the manufacture of caramel, using fresh milk.
USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship of the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Mark Leslie Hersey . She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General M. L. Hersey in 1946.
Hersey was born in Pawtuxet Neck in Providence County, Rhode Island, in 1886, [1] son of George Milbank Hersey and Alice Stafford (Budlong) Hersey. [2] [3] He obtained his Bsc from Colorado College in 1907, and in 1910 both his BSc in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MSc in physics and mathematics from Olivet College.
Hersey's heritage includes the design and manufacture of Armada Dishes, often used as prizes in sporting events or to mark long-service or retirement from a company. In 2011 they were commissioned by the organisers of the Tranatlantic Race to provide trophies in three different sizes to be given for the winning and second and third placed ...
Hersey is a small rural community that started as a lumber town in the early 19th century and was a major supplier of lumber to the Muskegon Lumber Yards and played an important role in rebuilding Chicago after the great fire. It was founded by Delos A. Blodgett, a banker, lumber baron, and philanthropist.
Hershey chocolate bars had their origin in Milton Hershey's first successful confectionery business, Lancaster Caramel Company, which was founded in 1886.After seeing German chocolate manufacturing machinery at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, Hershey decided to go into the chocolate making business. [2]