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A World War II print advertisement for Baldwin (Whitcomb) "Little Giant" switcher locomotives.. The Geo D. Whitcomb Company was founded by George Dexter Whitcomb (1834–1914), of Chicago, Illinois, who started a modest machine shop in 1878, and began the manufacture of coal mining machinery, laying the foundation for the concern that became known as The Whitcomb Locomotive Company.
In 1885, Georg Michael Pfaff opened a sewing machine shop in London. The PFAFF factory was expanded and modernized. Georg Pfaff, the second son of the founder, took over the management of the company after his father's death in 1893 and expanded it further with great success. [3] The founder's firstborn son, Jacob Pfaff, died in 1889.
The Vice President of Singer, George Ross McKenzie selected Glasgow because of its iron making industries, cheap labour, and shipping capabilities. [6] Demand for sewing machines outstripped production at the new plant and by 1873, a new larger factory was completed on James Street, Bridgeton. By that point, Singer employed over 2,000 people in ...
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Offered for sale in 2022. 94 General Electric Co. 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) C-C: December 1956 32711 Originally, GE pattern GEX3341 [71] with Alco 6-251B prime mover. Purchased new. Converted to CLEAR 140 by Sygnet Rail Technologies with Cummins QSK45L prime mover in 2010-2011. Offered for sale in 2022. 95 General Electric Co. 1,450 hp (1,080 kW) C-C ...
Troopers with Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville said they were called to the Giant store in Trexlertown on Wednesday, April 19, after customers returned groceries with sewing needles.
The town boasted three physicians, one undertaker, two school teachers, two general stores, two hotels, two churches, two secret lodges, a baseball team, a feed and flour mill, two ice cream plants, a blacksmith shop, four cigar factories and a sewing factory, as well as numerous small entrepreneurial enterprises.
The company was founded in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany, on 21 January 1862, by Adam Opel.In the beginning, Opel produced sewing machines.Opel [10] launched a new product in 1886: he began to sell high-wheel bicycles, also known as penny-farthings.