MISCELLANEOUS FACTORIES
The Cincinnati Bickford Tool Co.
Triumph Electric & Ice
Machine Co.
3220 South
St.
610-616
Baymiller & 859-869 Hathaway
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Cincinnati Frog &
Switch Co.
Weir Frog
Works
Madison Rd. & B&O
Railroad
Beech & Highland
Aves.
A frog is a special switch that allows two sets of railroad tracks to cross each other.
H. L. Brown Fence & Mfg.
Co. Cincinnati
Planer Co.
Peck-Williamson Furnace Co. 1907
Ad
s.e.c. 34th & B&O
Railroad
3120 South
St
Offices 335-339 West 5th St.
CINCINNATI MILACRON
These are not postcards
Ca.
1884
Ca.
1905
Ca.
1911
Ca. 1938
Postcards
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Cincinnati Milling Machine
Cincinnati Milacron was originally called
Cincinnati Screw and Tap Co. that was incorporated on March 19, 1884 in a small
shop on the 3rd floor of a building on the southeast corner of Plum & Pearl
Streets (building on left in 1st image.) Two years later it moved into the 2nd
floor of the building next door at 2nd & Plum. One of the people that
started Screw & Tap was Fred Holz and was probably the person who led in its
formation. In 1887 Fred A. Geier came to Cincinnati from Kansas to settle his
father's estate when he met Fred Holz. Geier became interested in the company
and joined it. Holz had designed a milling machine which he had built and sold
to another firm. Geier who was primarily a salesman and administrator saw that
the future of the company lay in the manufacture of milling machines and not
screws and taps. In 1889 the company's name was changed to The Cincinnati
Milling Machine Company. Holz was in charge of engineering, designing and
production while Geier did everything else.
The company made its first international sale in 1890 and by 1910
exports accounted for around 35% of its business. The company moved to much
larger facilities in 1891 on Spring Grove Avenue and by 1905, after 5
expansions, the complex looked liked the image in the 2nd photograph above. The
company always tried to look after its hundreds of employees and in 1914 Fred
Geier's brother, Otto, a Cincinnati physician set up a fitness and health
department at The Mill (as it was referred to). This was one of the earliest and
most complete in the United States at that time.
By 1911 a new factory complex was constructed in Oakley and is
shown in the 3rd illustration above. This image was shown in their sales
catalogs. By 1926 The Mill had become the nation's leading machine-tool
producer. Expansions continued to take place and by 1938 it looked like the 4th
image above.
By the 1960s the company started to invest heavily into plastics
and in 1970 the name was changed to Cincinnati Milacron Inc. In 1998 the machine
tool division was sold and "Cincinnati" was dropped from the
name and was now just Milacron Inc. By 2004 the company had sold all it's
metalworking and grinding wheel business and focused strictly on plastics, molds
and industrial fluids .becoming the world leader in these products.
In 2009 the company filed chapter for 11 bankruptcy. Investors
formed a limited liability corporation and it became Milacron. Milacron
specializing in industrial fluids with subsidiary businesses Cimcool, DME,
Milacron Injection and Extrusion, Milacron Machining, and Utility.
PROCTOR & GAMBLE
Construction of this plant was started in 1885. The complex grew to 213 buildings 0n 61 acres. There was also a fire department, dining rooms, and recreational facilities.
Proctor & Gamble in
Ivorydale
Very early Ad
The 1940s article in the top row above tells how P. & G. became known as Ivorydale. The next image is a early illustration of the P. & G. complex and the third image is a very early ad showing P. & G's factory downtown before they moved to Ivorydale. The 1st image in the 2nd row is a newspaper artist depiction of Gamble and the remaining images are ads for three of the many soap products P. & G. has produced.
STERNS & FOSTER
The Stearns & Foster Co. are of course famous for their mattresses. These buildings were located next to the canal, (first 2 cards), at the corner of Wyoming Ave. and William St. in Lockland. The 2nd & 3rd cards show the area before Tangeman Park was built. The 2nd row shows 3 advertisements and a early illustration..
The Philip Carey Co. was established in 1873 in Lockland. They were manufacturers of roofing material.
The cards below are somewhat confusing, but the main thing to remember is that this multi-card is missing a third card that was returned for more information and a sample.
Back of card
below
Back of card on
right
Missing 3rd card here
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Fox Paper Co.
Lockland
Richardson Paper Co. (Canal)
Victor Stamping Works-Loveland
The Louis Lipp
Co.
Scott's Mill, Milford
LeBlond Machine Tool Co.
Mitchell Ave. & B & O
R.R.
4609 Eastern Avenue
Winton
Place
Horseshoe Factory - Hooven near Cleves
Nivison-Weiskopf Glass Works
Water
& Light Plant
Reading
Reading
Gibson Art
Co.
Gibson Greeting Cards
4th & Plum
Sts.
2100 Section Road
The Gibson Greeting Card Co. moved into the plant
in Amberley Village in 1957 shown in the postcard in the 2nd image. The company
was started in 1850 by four brothers who had emigrated from Scotland. They began
by printing stock certificates, labels, checks and business cards in a shop on
Gano Alley and other downtown locations. During the Civil War they started
printing more retail items such as art prints of heroes and battles and
patriotic stationary. In 1867 one of the brothers, Robert Gibson, bought out his
other brothers and continued to produce retail items. The company opened a large
plant on Elm Street and started using traveling salesmen. They began selling
greeting cards by the 1880's and it soon began taking over the company's
business. They soon became one of the largest greeting card companies in the
country. In 1921 they moved into a new 7-story facility at 223 West Fourth
Street seen in the 1st photographic image above. In 1954 they purchased 114
acres of land in Amberley Village from the Gruen Watch Co. who had bought the
land of the former Stoneybrook Golf Club for the purposes of building a new
factory and had then changed their minds.
Around the time they moved into the new facilities in 1957 they
changed the name to Gibson Greeting Cards to reflect their interest in that
product. Due to the lack of space and lower taxes they opened a distribution and
warehouse in Northern Kentucky. They have changed ownership several times over
the years.
LAIDLAW DUNN & GORDON COMPANY
Laidlaw Dunn & Gordon Co. Mfg. pumping
engines
The top image is a postcard the rest above are not. The first illustration shows the company of Laidlaw & Dunn at the corner of Pearl & Plum Streets. They purchased the Gordon Steam Pump Co. of Hamilton in 1893 and became the Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Co. and built the facilities in Elmwood Place, which they called Tweedvale?, seen in the next 3 illustrations and the postcard. The main building in the foreground was 660' long and 114' wide and the 3rd illustration shows the interior. The last two images are advertisements. They have since merged many times and in 1916 became known as the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. located in Atlanta, Ga.
The Union Thread Co.
Cincy Products Co.
Grape Juice Factory
100 69th St. Carthage
Silverton
The Cincy Products Co. located on Robertson Avenue in Oakley specialized in paper hanging, paper cleaning, greeting cards, and decorations. One of its products years after this image was made would be everybody's favorite: Play-Doh.
Standard Publishing Foundation
Senco Products,
Inc.
U.S. Route 127
The Clegg, McFee & Co. were wood and photo engravers with offices on the 10th floor of the building on the n.w.c. of 8th & Sycamore Sts. This card says (along the bottom of the oval) Clegg, Goeser, McFee Co. Obviously there was a merger and this image certainly is not of a 10th floor. Where this factory was located is unknown. The Avon plant in Springdale (next to I-275) is slated to close by the end of 2011.
Hess Spring & Axle Co. 66th St. & Vankirk Ave.
Carthage
Not a postcard
The Hetzell Gelatin Products Co. Madisonville
The Hetzell Company around 1910 was located on the northeast corner of (at that time Deerfield Road which became Red Bank Road in 1911) and the B&O Railroad tracks in Madisonville. In the overhead view in the 2nd image you can see the railroad track along the top. The bridge that went over those tracks is now closed off, in those days it was refered to as the "High Bridge". The area in the center is where I believe this building stood. At the bottom of the photo you can see Hetzell Street and was where the Hetzell family residence was located. It was demolished in the mid 1990s.
OUTLYING COMMUNITIES
HARRISON
KINGS MILLS
2 Early Illustrations
1910 Ad..
All these cards are of the Kings Powder Mills & Peters Cartridge Works in Kings Mills
Offices
Powder Mill in distance
National Ultramarine Co.
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