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Title
Morgan
Engineering
Company
-
trolley
crane
Subject
Industries--Ohio
Electric cranes
Machine tools
Time Period
1930s
Place
Alliance (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "
District
#5
.
902
Municipal
Bldg
Akron
,
Ohio
.
April
26
,
1938
.
Welders
at
work
on a
100
ton
trolley
crane
. The
Morgan
Engineering
Company
,
Alliance
,
Ohio
.
(Halo
is
unavoidable
on
account
of
brilliant
light
effects
from
welding)
. The
Morgan
Engineering
Company
Plant
was
located
at
Broadway
Street
near
the
C
&
P.R.R
.
It
was
one
of the
largest
manufactories
of
electric
cranes
and
rolling-mill
machinery
in the
world
.
One
of its
best
products
,
first
designed
in
1894
and
perfected
in
1917
, was the
George-Morgan
disappearing
gun
carriage
,
adaptable
to any
angle
of
fire
and the
largest
gun
mount
ever
built
in the
United
States
.
Some
of the
company’s
other
products
include
:
punching
and
shearing
machines
,
cranes
of
all
types
and
sizes
and
other
heavy
machinery
equipment
. The
company
was
founded
in
1868
by
Thomas
Rees
Morgan
,
Sr
.
(1834
–
1897)
who
originally
began
in
Pittsburgh
making
steam
hammers
. He
moved
to
Alliance
,
under
the
name
Marchand
&
Morgan
, in
1871
,
due
to a
need
for
more
space
.
Mr
.
Marchand
retired
in
1877
,
leaving
room
for
Morgan
to
form
a
new
partnership
with
Silas
J
.
Williams
and they
renamed
the
company
Morgan-Williams
&
Company
. The
1890s
saw
the
start
of the
company’s
long
association
with the
United
States
Ordnance
Department
. The
company
was
awarded
the
prestigious
Navy
“E”
Flag
for its
extraordinary
contribution
to the
war
effort
(WW
II)
.
During
the
next
few
decades
the
company
continue
to
grow
,
adding
new
facilities
and
machine
tools
. In
1964
, with the
retirement
of
W.H
.
Morgan
, the
company
was
sold
to The
United
Industrial
Syndicate
, of
New
York
.
Much
interested
in
enhancing
the
company’s
reputation
,
funding
was
provided
to
improve
facilities
.
During
this
time
,
several
new
crane
designs
were
introduced
which
were
considered
to be a
radical
departure
from
previous
designs
. In
1975
, the
company
was
sold
to
AMCA
International
, and
due
to the
failing
economy
during
the
1980’s
the
company
was
forced
to
downsize
. In
1987
, the
company
was
purchased
by a
shareholder
,
who
repurchased
the
warehouse
sold
during
the
business
downturn
and
increased
manufacturing
by
building
spare
parts
and
subcontracting
. In
1994
, the
original
330,000
facility
was
purchased
by
Morgan
Engineering
Inc
.
who
continues
to be a
leading
designer
of
overhead
electric
traveling
cranes
and
other
heavy
machine
equipment
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date modified
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