Standard Transformer Company

Researcher - Rick Fleischer  337 Dana St. Was founded by N.A. Wolcott and W. F. Parker in 1928. This has formerly been a part of the Packard Electric Co. since 1890. Evidently, this business was spun off by the Packard Electric Co. in 1928. …

Packard & Barnum Iron Co.

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Packard & Barnum Iron Co. – est. about 1865 – This bar mill was located in the southeast corner of South St. and Liberty St. (Pine Ave.)  The plant was owned by Warren Packard and Mr. Barnum. By 1870…

Liberty Steel Co.

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Liberty Steel Co. est. May 6, 1918 – Located on Martin Luther King Blvd. (formerly Euclid Ave.) Was built as a tin mill, making tin sheet, a supplier of tin for the government in WWI, and for the Standard Oil…

Halladay Motor Car Company

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Halladay Motor Car Co. Est. at Anderson, Ind. In 1902 – Moved to Warren, Oh. 1917 – located on Euclid Ave. (now Martin Luther King Blvd.) across from the Liberty Steel Co. The site is an empty field today…

Thomas Steel Strip (Division of Tata Steel)

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer                                                                                                                  This company was founded in 1924 by Clinton Thomas in 1924, on the site previously occupied by the McMyler Mfg. Co. Mr. Thomas was a part of a family well known in the Niles,Oh. for being in the iron…

Van Huffel Tube Co.

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Van Huffel Tube Co. - est. 1910 –  Was originally located in Mishawaka, Indiana. Isadore Van Huffel was the president of the company. Company moved to Warren in 1924, occupying the old King Furniture buildings on Niles Rd. for…

Trumbull Manufacturing Co.

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer The Trumbull Manufacturing Co. est. 1850 – 333 S. Park Ave. (originally known  as the Warren Machine Works).  Had been several companies through the years, but we know it as Trumbull Mfg. Co. During the days of the P&O Canal,…

Mullins Manufacturing

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer The company started out as the Youngstown Pressed Steel Co. in 1917. By 1920 the plant employed 400 people and was a subsidiary of the Sharon Steel Corp. This company was known for its large presses and made metal stampings…

Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal, The (1827-1875)

Submitted by Andrew Olson Although, in 1823, the State of Ohio commissioned a survey for an eighty-three mile canal route from Akron OH to Mahoningtown (New Castle) PA that would open as the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal (P&O) in 1840, concerns about funding a project…

Trumbull County Wooden Works Clock Makers

Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer One of the very first manufacturing enterprises in Trumbull County was the manufacture of tall clocks. At one time or another there were about 13 manufacturers of these clocks in Trumbull County. Most of this manufacturing took place in…

Packard, William Doud

Submitted by Cindee Mines W.D. or Will as he was known to close friends and family, was the oldest of the Warren and Mary Packard children. He was born Nov. 3, 1861, 1 year after his parent’s marriage. He was extremely social, having many friends…