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The L. S. Starrett Company is an American manufacturer of tools and instruments used by machinists, tool and die makers, and the construction industry. The company was founded by businessman and inventor Laroy Sunderland Starrett in 1880.
Starrett Brothers planned to erect the Starrett–Lehigh Building, the world's largest integrated freight terminal–warehouse, on the site for $7 million. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The 15-story building was to contain about 1,750,000 square feet (163,000 m 2 ; 40 acres; 16.3 ha) of space above the LV's existing tracks, as well as 10-by-30-foot (3.0 by 9.1 ...
In 1995, the company was renamed Starrett Corporation. [4] In June 1997, Jacob Frydman, attempted to purchase the company for $84 million, $12.25 per share, after reaching an agreement with brothers Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein who owned 33% of Starrett's shares and president Henry Benach who owned 19% of Starrett's shares.
The Empire State Building has 73 elevators in all, including service elevators. [100] Its original 64 elevators, built by the Otis Elevator Company , [ 80 ] in a central core and are of varying heights, with the longest of these elevators reaching from the lobby to the 80th floor.
Clymer repair manuals are repair manuals that often focus on power sport vehicles such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles. Clymer also has several books dedicated to small engines and "outdoor power equipment" such as leaf blowers , chainsaws and other lawn and garden power equipment.
The Thompson–Starrett Company was the general contractor for the theater, [26] [39] while Leon Fleischmann of Loew's Theaters supervised the theater's construction. [39] [74] Loew's announced in early 1928 that it would begin constructing four of the theaters, including the theater in Flatbush. [75] Construction began with the demolition of ...
The Chevrolet Stovebolt engine is a straight-six engine made in two versions between 1929 and 1962 by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors.It replaced the company's 171-cubic-inch (2.8 L) inline-four as their sole engine offering from 1929 through 1954, and was the company's base engine starting in 1955 when it added the small block V8 to the lineup.
Claude Ennis "Jack" Starrett Jr. [1] (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. [ 2 ] Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson , a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes , in the 1974 film Blazing Saddles and is also known for his role as the brutal policeman Art Galt in the 1982 action film First ...