Industrial History

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

NCOIM HALL of FAME INDUCTEE

Walkthru the North Central Ohio Industrial Museum in the Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio

HISTORY OF REID CARPENTER

NCOIM 2022 HALL of FAME -- CHAMPIONS of INDUSTRY

NCOIM 2022 HALL of FAME -- CHAMPIONS of INDUSTRY

NCOIM 2022 HALL of FAME -- CHAMPIONS of INDUSTRY

2022 Champion of Industry MFG History

Mansfield had 4 Cast Iron Stove Manufacturers from 1840 to 1920's; but you'll have a hard time finding one. Brands like Banner, Baxter, Monarch, Eclipse/Tappan, Westinghouse or New Method. Because Richland County lead the Country in Scrap Drives during WWII, made up mostly of those heavy & bulky Stoves.

On September 1, 2021 NCOIM held a Dinner to raise money for its Hall of Fame Exhibit. Over 200 Friends of Manufacturing attended this event and we raised almost $10,000. James Stuber who wrote the book, "What if Things were Made in America Again", was our Keynote Speaker. Our Event Sponsors were Gorman-Rupp Co, Phillips Tube Group, Taylor Metal Products, Cleveland-Cliffs, MEC-Mansfield Engineered Components and MAPCO-Midwest Aircraft Products Co. Thank You!

Like most Cities in the mid 1800's Mansfield, Ohio had the Crawford-Taylor Cracker Factory; specializing in Ginger Snaps & Oyster Crackers. By 1890's Regional Baking Companies merged to form NABISCO-National Biscuit Company. Col. Taylor was the first President of NABISCO.

COOK HAD MANY EXPERIMENTS & PROTOTYPES AND DEVELOPED A LIGHT BULB YEARS BEFORE EDISON. HERE YOU'LL SEE TWO OF HIS MOST FAMOUS INVENTIONS: 1) COOK'S SUGAR EVAPORATOR 1858 2) COOK'S FLYING MACHINE, "THE QUEEN of the AIR" 1859

MAKING COPPER KETTLES in Bucyrus Ohio

The Bolesky Brothers began their journey in 1947

Background of Jeff Gorman & Gorman-Rupp Co Following his father and grandfather’s work philosophy of believing “if we don’t take care of the customer, someone else will,”; Jeff Gorman, leads the world class Gorman Rupp Industries with an impressive legacy begun by JC and Herb Rupp with $1500 in 1933, in a garage, just outside of Mansfield. Gorman Rupp manufactures 4000 models of pumps and it’s continuous tradition of annual profit sharing and tenured employment is the envy of industry worldwide.

Background of Jack Hire & Hi-Stat Founder of Hi-Stat Manufacturing. This innovator also founded Hi-Fi Haven and WVNO. Jack was more than willing to assume risks of a new venture. Jack worked at Therm-O-Disc, before starting Hi-Start, which sold to Stoneridge in 1998; and the Company remains in Lexington

Background of Tom Carter & Carter Machine Co Founder, Miller Carter, of Carter Machine Co Hydranamics, Galion, passed on to his son, Tom, an ambition which resulted in the engineering, manufacturing of tens of thousands of types of cylinder designs.

Background of Dave Cole & Cole Tool & Stamping Owner and operator of Cole Tool & Die, founded by his father, Floyd in 1933. David trained many tool & die makers including Mick Fanello. Cole developed several patents + inventions including the nationally marketed Burg-o-Mat and Marine Head, that incinerated waste.