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It was formed in 1875 by the merger of the Ahrens and Ott Manufacturing Company, the Standard Manufacturing Company, the Dawes and Myler Manufacturing Company, and six other plants which were consolidated to form the Standard Manufacturing Company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with Theodore Ahrens (Jr.) as its first president.
Such detail regarding the brands and specific products endorsed by Rourke extends to all sorts of items that appear in the series. This list is representative, but by no means complete. John Thomas Rourke favors: Steyr-Mannlicher SSG rifle; Colt CAR-15 assault rifle; twin stainless steel Detonics .45 handguns; Colt Python revolver
The 1970s Silo television jingle, "Silo is having a sale," was so pervasive that many Philadelphians today can still hum the jingle and would not believe that it has not aired in decades. [citation needed] Another of Silo's aggressive price promotions was a 1986 advertisement offering a stereo system for "299 bananas."
The Ahrens Building remained in the Ahrens family until 1968, when Morris and Herbert Moskowitz acquired the property. After the sale of the building, the upper floors (which were used as storage space since the 1940s) were renovated back to office space. The ground floor has housed several bars and restaurant since the 1960s. [1]
1927 Ahrens-Fox fire engine 1939 Ahrens-Fox engine. The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an Ohio-based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P Ahrens and Charles H Fox and built its first motorized fire engine in 1911. By the end of the following year production of horse-drawn fire apparatus ceased completely. Since ...
The Ahrens AR 404 was a prototype American civil transport aircraft first flown in 1976, a high-wing monoplane powered by four turboprop engines. In order to facilitate the loading and unloading of cargo, the fuselage was of constant rectangular section along almost its entire length, the main undercarriage was retracted into sponsons on the ...
Silo is a dystopian series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by American writer Hugh Howey.The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool", which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name.
Ahrens grew up in household that struggled with substance abuse and he experienced homelessness while attending college. [3] [1] Ahrens was the first person in his family to attend college, graduating with an associate degree from De Anza College, a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California Los Angeles, and a Master of Public Administration from San Jose State ...