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Macomber and Whyte Rope Company, Coal City, Illinois
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- Date
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- 1903
- Summary
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- The Macomber and Whyte Rope Company in Coal City, Illinois 1903.
- Founded in 1896 by F. B. Macomber and George Whyte in Coal City, Illinois, MacWhyte Company came to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1912, where wire rope, aircraft cables, and tie rods were produced. In 1984, a MacWhyte Industrial Park was formed in Kenosha, covering a total of 30 acres. Multiple factors contributed to the decline of operations and the company closed in 1999.
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- Kenosha County Historical Society
- In copyright
- For more details, including information about reuse, please contact the Curator of Collections/Archivist at the Kenosha History Center.
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- Creator
- MacWhyte Company
- Date
- 1903
- Description of Original
- 1 photographic print ; 5 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.
- Format
- Still image
- Location of Original
- Kenosha History Center : Industrial Photographic Print Collection, no. 856