George H. Hansel, secretary and treasurer; Robert E. Chew, 
assistant treasurer. The main offices of the Company are 
located in the First National Bank Building, and district 
offices are maintained in New York and Chicago. 
THE McALEENAN BROTHERS CO. 
THE McALEENAN CORPORATION 
About fifteen years ago a large boiler company located in 
Pittsburgh changed ownership. The usual transitions oc- 
curred. Veterans went their way, seeking new fields, while 
replacements came in to carry out the new ideas that new 
owners believed only possible of fruition by a changed per- 
sonnel. One man, for fifteen years the superintendent under 
the old regime, was out of a job. But what’s a job when 
there is a small plot of ground hungering for a new plant 
where a man of vision can put to the test the practicability 
of new ideas merged with ripe years of experience in knowing 
how—in planning, designing and constructing boilers and 
other products made of steel? 
So it was, that on October 2, 1911, McAleenan Brothers 
Company was established by George R. McAleenan. He 
and his brother, E. G. McAleenan, had been engaged in this 
particular industry since their first working days and under- 
stood it thoroughly from every angle. With this back- 
ground and a very limited capital they started out. A 
small space 20 feet by 60 feet, located on the present site at 
Twenty-fifth street and Allegheny Valley Railroad, served 
as headquarters. Today that once small plant has spread 
out to such an extent that the first impression that comes 
to a visitor is that the railroad tracks seem like the small boy 
at his marbles who keep shouting at his competitor, “No 
hunching.” For the present plant of the MecAleenan 
Brothers Co. covers the entire property fronting 200 feet 
on Railroad street by 400 feet on Twenty-fifth street. 
The business grew and expansion was urgent. McAlee- 
nan Brothers Company was incorporated June 5, 1913, with 
an authorized capital of $100,000, which was later increased 
to $150,000. And still progress called for further expansion 
and The McAleenan Corporation was formed in 1922. with