Site of the Central Manufacturing Co.
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 03.301 W 097° 27.723
14R E 646745 N 3436714
Black metal marker on a metal pole on the right side of Belton City Hall.
Waymark Code: WMX4YZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2017
Views: 3
Marker Number: 4925
Marker Text:
A Scotsman, Robert Naismith (1859-1939), founded the Central Manufacturing Co. in a two-story building on this lot in 1893. Using equipment originally powered by steam, he supplied and repaired machine parts for the Belton area. The company also did iron work and blacksmithing and each summer cleaned the city water supply standpipe. Two of Naismith's sons, Robert and Willie, operated the business until 1961. They then made the property available for a city hall, as their father had earlier requested.
(1977)
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