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OTC Tools (originally Owatonna Tool Company) is a tool and equipment manufacturer. It was founded in Owatonna, Minnesota , by Godfrey Kaplan, who operated a small machine shop there. Kaplan's son Rueben, invented the "Grip-O-Matic" universal gear puller and received his first patent. [ 1 ]
Owatonna (/ ˌ oʊ w ə ˈ t ɒ n ə / OH-wə-TON-ə) [5] is a city and the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,420 at the 2020 census. [3] Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August. Interstate 35 and U.S. Highways 14 and 218 are three of the ...
Otto Josten founded the company as a watch-repair business in Owatonna in 1897. [8] Jostens (then called "Josten's" — the apostrophe was later dropped) began manufacturing emblems and awards for nearby schools and in 1906, the year of incorporation, Josten added class rings to his product line, to be sold to schools throughout the Midwest. [9]
Cybex International was founded in the late 1960s as "The Cybex Ergometer Company" in Ronkonkoma, New York. It was acquired by Lumex , which was traded publicly on the American Stock Exchange . At that time, it manufactured isokinetic rehabilitation equipment.
off Co. Hwy. 9: Clinton Falls Township: Dam and water-powered grist mill built 1856–59. [18] Demolished in 2003. [19] 2: Kaplan Apartments: July 3, 1986 (#86001464) September 20, 2007: 115 West Rose Street: Owatonna: 1912 apartment house of Owatonna Tool Company founder Godfrey J. Kaplan. [20] Demolished in 2005. [19] 3: Owatonna High School ...
Iowa farmer Arthur Luscombe (1922–2008) [6] founded Art's Way Manufacturing in 1956 to produce and sell a power take-off powered grinder-mixer he had developed on his farm near Dolliver. By 1959, the business was manufacturing OEM grinder-mixers for Massey Ferguson , Owatonna / Gehl and International Harvester .
Owatonna's Central Park, established in 1871, forms the focal point of the district. The park is bordered by three buildings that were previously listed on the National Register as individual properties: the 1891 Steele County Courthouse, the 1907 Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall, and the 1908 National Farmer's Bank. A total of 74 buildings and ...
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