Buckeye Aluminum Company

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Buckeye Aluminum Company
Type Metalworking; Cooking utensils
Industry Manufacturing
Fate Dissolved
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1902 (1902))
Founder(s) George W. Blake
Headquarters 772 Spruce St., Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1
Area served Wayne County, Ohio
Key people George W. Blake, Founder, President; Robert S. Blake, Secretary; J. G. Hoffman,President (Wheeling, WV) (1928); W. R. Curry, Vice President (1928); R. S. Blake Sec-Treas (1928)
Services Baking dishes, Chafing dishes, Household ware, Pitchers Percolating Coffee Pots, Meat Roasters (round), Kitchen Utensils, Individual Communion service, and specialties.

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City Directories

  • 1928 - Wooster Directory p. 216

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  • Wooster Progress (1914)
    • 1914 - Manufacturing

"This, Wooster's largest and most important industry is the greatest factor in the city's welfare. This Company was organized in 1902 and began operations in Wooster three years ago. Geo. W. Blake is the President and Robert S. Blake is Secretary.

The Buckeye Aluminum Company manufactures the "Real Solid" Aluminum Ware known from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Arctic to the Antipodes. A heavy export trade is enjoyed. The line manufactured is very extensive and includes, Baking dishes, Chafing dishes, Household ware, Pitchers Percolating Coffee Pots, Meat Roasters (round), Kitchen Utensils, Individual Communion service, and specialties. The company does casting in Aluminum, Brass and Composition and solicits experimental work." [1]

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1919

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References

  1. Wooster Progress. 1914, p. 8.
  2. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio. 1913-10-11, p. 6.
  3. Wooster Daily Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1918-02-20, p. 4
  4. Wooster Republican. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-04-21, p. 2.
  5. Wooster Daily News. Wooster, Ohio, 1919-09-12, p. 2.

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