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Kerite Company was founded in 1854 by Austin Goodyear Day, nephew of Charles Goodyear. The company installed the a power cable under New York Harbor in the late 1800s, and cable for the Panama Canal in the early 1900s. [6] Henry C. Spencer began working at Kerite in 1951 and retired as vice president in 1978.
In 1963, after Marmon-Herrington, the successor to the Marmon Motor Car Company, ceased truck production, a new company, Marmon Motor Company of Denton, Texas, purchased and revived the Marmon brand to build and sell premium truck designs that Marmon-Herrington had been planning.
Marmon was notable for its various pioneering works in automotive manufacturing, introducing the rear-view mirror, pioneering the V16 engine, and the use of aluminum in auto manufacturing. The historic Marmon Wasp race car of the early 20th century was the first car to use a single-seater "monoposto" construction layout. [citation needed]
Major acquisitions by Marmon Group have included Cerro Corporation (1976) and TransUnion (1981). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In 2008, the Pritzker family sold a 63.6 percent interest in Marmon Group to Berkshire Hathaway for $4.8 billion, with plans for Berkshire to acquire the remaining 36.4% over the course of the next 5–6 years; the sale of the remaining ...
Jones, who died Sept. 9 at the age of 93, was married to Hart from 1982 until she died in 2016. He previously was married to Julienne Marie Hendricks. He previously was married to Julienne Marie ...
Howard Carpenter Marmon (May 24, 1876 – April 4, 1943) was an American engineer and the founder of the Marmon Motor Car Company. He was a pioneer in automobile engineering credited with several innovations including the use of weight-saving aluminium components in car manufacture, and development of the 16 cylinder V16 engine .
Star Jones and Ricardo Lugo tied the knot this week on a cruise in the Bahamas in front of 150 guests including Tina Knowles-Lawson and Phaedra Parks. Star Jones is a married woman! Meet her new ...
Heidi Klum just shared the first official photo from her wedding. The 46-year-old model married her longtime beau, Tom Kaulitz, 29, over the weekend aboard the Christina O yacht in Capri, Italy.