McGraw Electric's Line Material division will not rebuild burned plant at Kenosha

[Newspaper]

Publication: Charleston Daily Mail

Charleston, WV, United States
vol. 120, no. 102, p. 2, col. 3

Insulator Firm

Not To Rebuild

 

HUNTINGTON — The Line Material Co. says it has abandoned, at least temporarily, plans to rebuild an insulator plant at nearby Kenova at a cost of $1,200,000.

The plant, which produced porcelain for the McGraw Electric Co. of Chicago, was destroyed by fire last Oct. 29. At peak operations, it employed 440 persons.

Officials of the McGraw subsidiary acquired substantial interest in an Illinois porcelain plant which would replace much of the lost source from Kenova.

Keywords:McGraw Electric : Illinois Electric Porcelain Company : Line Material Company
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Researcher:Elton Gish
Date completed:August 5, 2006 by: Elton Gish;