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Post# 322318   1/3/2009 at 16:52 (5,562 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Blackstone washers and dryers being delivered to our store, sometime in the 1960s. The truck came directly from the factory in Jamestown, NY. Note the lack of a loading dock. We had to drop the machines from the truck, temporarily line them up on the sidewalk, then find room for them in the store. I found this picture in the attic today; thought you might like to see how deliveries used to be done.
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Post# 322335 , Reply# 1   1/3/2009 at 20:09 (5,562 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 322397 , Reply# 2   1/4/2009 at 10:10 (5,562 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 322400 , Reply# 3   1/4/2009 at 10:20 (5,562 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 322403 , Reply# 4   1/4/2009 at 10:49 (5,562 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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There is a Blackstone company that specializes in sheet metal fabrication, according to their website (www.bbei.com...). It's still located in Jamestown, NY, at the same zip code, so it must be the same company. The address is now 100 Blackstone Ave., so the street must have been renamed in their honor.
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Post# 322448 , Reply# 5   1/4/2009 at 15:11 (5,561 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 322465 , Reply# 6   1/4/2009 at 16:48 (5,561 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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But sadly the truth for most major appliances, things simply are too competitive and that is why a handful of major players own much of the brands. Even more sad, is the fact major appliances now on average last about five to ten years, if that. Think of all the junk and landfill waste being produced. L. |
Post# 322632 , Reply# 9   1/5/2009 at 16:40 (5,560 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 322659 , Reply# 10   1/5/2009 at 19:13 (5,560 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 322666 , Reply# 11   1/5/2009 at 19:50 (5,560 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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That is an absolute fascinating link you found, thank you! Now I know what happened after 1980! Looking over that list it is amazing how many foundations came out of Buffalo in the middle of the last century! It was one of the hot beds of the early Industrial Revolution along with alot of Upstate New York. |
Post# 322679 , Reply# 12   1/5/2009 at 21:21 (5,560 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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I'll have to look for more old pictures of appliances inside the store. In the meantime, on my website, I have pictures of the store as it appeared in the 1940s. Andrew, Very interesting info about what happened to the Blackstone company. I never knew any of that, and we were dealers. CLICK HERE TO GO TO blackstone's LINK |
Post# 866563 , Reply# 13   2/10/2016 at 20:31 (2,968 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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TitanX’s History In Jamestown 1914: Founded as Gabrielson Manufacturing Producing Automotive Radiators, Oscar Lenna, President. 1915: Name changed to Jamestown Car Parts Manufacturing Company. 1916: Acquisition of property at Tiffany and Allen streets. 1920: Added Metal Furniture line to production. 1924: Named changed to Jamestown Metal Equipment Company. 1934: Purchased stock and interest of Blackstone Manufacturing Company; began production of washing machines. 1936: Discontinued manufacture of metal furniture. 1947: Named changed to Blackstone Corporation. 1948: Acquired Jamestown Malleable Iron Corporation, foundry. 1951: Death of Oscar Lenna: Reginald Lenna becomes President. 1954: Blackstone Industrial Products, Ltd. was started in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. 1956: Majac, Inc., foundry, of Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania was acquired. 1957: Flux Division was formed in Jamestown. 1962: O’Connor Machine Company of Sheffield, Pennsylvania was purchased; became Ultrasonic Division and moved to Jamestown - Oil Cooler Division was started and moved to Sheffield. 1966: Construction of Blackstone Georgia Foundry, Statesboro, Georgia. 1970: Truck radiator production began. 1972: Majac Inc. sold. 1973: Start-up of Mexpar Blackstone S.A., Mexico City, Mexico - close of the Georgia Foundry. 1974: Purchase of Blackstone Sweden AB. 1977:Appliance Division sold. 1984: Construction of San Luis Potosi Plant/dissolution of Mexico City. 1985: Blackstone bought by Armstrong Tire and Rubber, became part of Armtek Blackstone becomes public company. Charge Air Cooler Production began. 1986: Closed Jamestown Malleable Iron Corporation. 1987: Wind Tunnel Opened in Jamestown. 1988: Hostile takeover of Armtek by Mark IV Industries. 1989: Construction of Greensburg Plant. Sale of Blackstone to Valeo/Named changed to Valeo Engine Cooling. 1990: Sale of Flux Division to Kester Solder. Sale of Oil Cooler Division to Long Manufacturing. 1991: Split of Valeo Jamestown into Automotive and Truck Divisions - Machine shop sold/Press room shut down and sold to Stolle - Ultrasonics Division sold to Blackstone Ultrasonics of Sweden, San Luis Potosi, Greensburg no longer report to Jamestown. 1992: Move of operations into one building at present location. 1993: Commence engine cooling production. 1996: Heavy truck condenser production started. 1997: Stratford Division closed. 1999: Jamestown named Worldwide CAC Center of Competence. 2001: VEC Truck Group formed combining operations of Jamestown, Mjallby, and Linkoping. 2004: NAFTA Industrialization Plan initiated, Jamestown Division to focus primarily on heavy duty products and customers. 2008: Valeo sells U.S. Truck Division in Jamestown and Mjallby and Linkoping, Sweden plants to EQT. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Stricklybojack's LINK |