The story of Pittsburgh: Diversified products

Diversified products (Vol. 1, nr. 13)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 183162365X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241129

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Title:: Diversified products

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 13

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The heppenstall forge & knife co.

Collection:: Economics Books

In December, 1895, the company was reorganized under the name of the Pittsburgh Shear Knife and Machine Co., under the management of Sam Heppenstall, who had pur- chased stock in the original company in 1889, and had act- ively entered its employ in 1893. It was in 1893, shortly after entering the company, that Mr. Heppenstall had a vision of a better shear knife than they were putting out—a shear knife with four cutting edges instead of one, as shear knives were then manufactured. Despite the protests that it could not be done, Mr. Heppenstall made a shear knife with four cutting edges, and today all shear knives are manufactured with four cutting edges. On January 5, 1904, the company was reorganized unger the name of the Heppenstall Forge and Knife Co., with Sam Heppenstall as president, and Charles William Heppenstall 2s manoger, and began the manufacture of forgings and shear knives, in which work it is still engaged. The plant has grown from that small building in 1889, to one covering six city blocks, where one may follow the steps of making a steel forging or a shear knife, from the melting of the steel, through the forging, heat treating, and machining to the finished product. In 1911 an auxiliary plant was organized in Bridgeport, Conn., which was called the Heppenstall Forge Co., and in 1919 another branch warehouse was opened in Detroit, Michigan, under the name of the Heppenstall Steel Co. The company also maintains sales offices in all the large ties. In 1920 Sam Heppenstall resigned from the active presi- dency to become chairman of the board, and his son, Charles William Heppenstoall, was elected president, with Samuel B. Heppenstall as vice-president. Today, the Heppenstall Forge & Knife Co. manufactures die blocks, hammer rams, piston rods, crankshafts, pinions, many other kinds of forg- ings and shear knives, and sends them to all corners of the globe. Today, also, the third generation of Heppenstall is working his way up through the plant, in the person of Robert B. Heppenstall, son of the president,

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