The Rumely Companies - La Porte, IN
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vhasler
N 41° 36.609 W 086° 43.422
16T E 523021 N 4606529
Quick Description: Mechanization of world agriculture had significant progress due to Rumely companies, including tractors and threashers.
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 6/26/2009 8:34:22 PM
Waymark Code: WM6NHP
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Long Description:Located at NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway in downtown
La Porte at the hospital.
Side one:
Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a
blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company
through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La
Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and
later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety
of agricultural machines.
Side two:
Rumely's prizewinning thresher later became one of the earliest
powered by steam. Thousands of OilPull tractors sold worldwide
1910-1930. Rumely companies were at the forefront of mechanization
of American and world agriculture and had significant impact on La
Porte. Allis-Chalmers acquired the firm 1931 and closed La Porte
plant 1983.