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By the mid 1930's custom forging is the main portion of the company's business. |
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Queen City Forging facilities are submerged in the Ohio River with water up to the roofline of the second floor of the building (last building farthest from the camera). |
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The double disasters of the Great Depression and the Great Flood would probably have finished the company if the requirements resulting from World War II had not pumped new life into the old facility. We know the company had financial success during this period because excess profit taxes were paid during the war. |
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New Life for Queen City Forging Co. After the flood and the subsequent war, the plant and equipment were in a state of poor repair. In 1957, having heard through social contacts at a local church that Queen City Forging was for sale, Howard Mayer and John Roth approached the owners to see if a deal could be arranged. Queen City Forging seemed to offer them the opportunity to own a business that could build equity. In early 1958 the purchase by the new owners was concluded. |
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Sales increased by producing custom forgings and adding new customers for whom service requirements were more critical. |
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The 1950's and 60's continued to be times of technological change that worked to transform the Forging Industry. Significant advances in machining sciences, foundry practices, metallurgy, and the new capabilities of non-metallic materials, such as plastics, had been spurred by the war effort and continued during the subsequent general economic expansion. Queen City Forging's focus became exclusively on custom forging of relatively small lots and the production of Gordon Horseshoes. |
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| In September of 1959 Jack Siegroth was hired in the position of Blacksmith. Seeing the opportunity to expand the business in a new direction and obtain a talented employee, Mayer and Roth hired Mr. Siegroth and purchased equipment to start an industrial blacksmithing operation as part of the business. |
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