[SEL] Surviving Factories

[Ted Brookover]

No Gary, it is on the east side at  about 16th and Oakland, the last time I 
was down there it was ocuppied by the Arrow Forklift Co.

Ted Brookover
4801 E. Red Bridge Rd.
Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
816-763-3142
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Epps" <garyepps at fidnet.com>
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Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Surviving Factories


> Hi Ted,
>
> Where is the old Witte building located?  Is it in the area that lies
> between downtown KC, MO and KC, KS?
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Brookover" <ignitors at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Surviving Factories
>
>
>> The former "Witte" factory building is still standing here in Kansas 
>> City,
>> although the foundry was torn down many years ago.
>>
>> Interestingly, the Witte building is a rather shabby little wood frame
>> structure, not even close to the grand Brick and Mortar edifice that is
>> represented in and on the cover of several of the original Witte 
>> Catalogs.
>>
>> Of course Witte, along with many if not most of the engine sellers of the
>> day, played fast and loose with the facts when trying to make their
> company
>> appear to be of long standing and solid stature.
>>
>> Many of them would claim to have been in the engine business for periods
> of
>> time that at the would have had them building engines long before engines
>> came into regular use.
>>
>> A lot of "Vender", or mail order operations, would buy out a failed 
>> engine
>> manufacturer,  then use the history of that failed company to mask the
> fact
>> that they them selves were not actually building engines, but selling
>> someone else's product under license.
>>
>> A little slippery, but it sure looked "Grand" in the catalog.
>> Ted Brookover
>> 4801 E. Red Bridge Rd.
>> Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
>> 816-763-3142
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
>> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SEL] Surviving Factories
>>
>>
>> > Patrick M Livingstone wrote:
>> >
>> >>After seeing what remains of the original Ronaldson-Tippett factory 
>> >>last
>> >>weekend I am curious as to which other engine manufacturers factories
> are
>> >>still standing. I know that part of the Rosebery factory here in Sydney
> is
>> >>still there as is the Fuller & Johnson factory in Madison and the Root 
>> >>&
>> >>Van
>> >>Dervoort factory in East Moline. Who else has survived?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Patrick,
>> > Nice thread idea!
>> >
>> > I have seen:
>> > The Hercules factory in Evansville, IN
>> > The Emerson Brantingham offices in Waynesoboro, PA (now an apartment
>> > building)
>> > The Geiser works next door in Waynesboro, PA
>> > The Frick Factory nearby. (still in business)
>> > The Landis factory nearby. (still in business)
>> > The remains of Abenaque works in Westminster Station, VT
>> >
>> > Curt Holland
>> > Gastonia, NC
>> >
>> >
>> >
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