Empire Manufacturing Co.

DimensionsImage: 15.2 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit LineCollection of Museum London.

Object number1999.011.263

Label TextIn 1906, Stevens and his partners, J. R. Minhinnick and George Trudell, founded the Empire Manufacturing Company. It operated out of this building on Talbot Street. The company grew fast and by 1908 had moved to a larger building on Dundas Street in London’s industrial heart. The widespread adoption of modern indoor plumbing spurred the company’s growth. In 1920, the Empire Manufacturing Company became the Empire Brass Manufacturing Company, better known as EMCO. In addition to plumbing fittings, it produced brass nozzles of all sizes.

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