The Rumely Companies - La Porte, IN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler
N 41° 36.609 W 086° 43.422
16T E 523021 N 4606529
Mechanization of world agriculture had significant progress due to Rumely companies, including tractors and threashers.
Waymark Code: WM6NHP
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Muirwoody
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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.

County: La Porte

Year Placed: 2003

Name: The Rumely Companies

ID#: 46.2003.1
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