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
