Franklin Augustus "F.A." Seiberling and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company # 23-77
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This historical marker is located in front of the headquarters building for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at 1144 E. Market St. in Akron, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM2Q7R
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/05/2007
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Franklin Augustus "F.A." Seiberling and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company"
Industrialist and entrepreneur Franklin Augustus Seiberling (1859-1955) named his fledgling rubber goods manufacturing company "Goodyear" to honor Charles Goodyear, the man who invented the vulcanization process for curing rubber. Seiberling founded the company with his brother, Charles Willard, because of their desire to participate in an enterprise that afforded an "opportunity for invention." Incorporated in 1898, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company rapidly grew with the young automotive industry and helped establish Akron as the "Rubber Capital of the World." Among Seiberling's many significant inventions were the tire-making machine and the detachable wheel rim. He resigned from Goodyear in 1921 and went on to found the Seiberling Rubber Company. Stan Hywet Hall, F.A. Seiberling's estate in west Akron, is a National Historic Landmark.
Marker Number: 23-77
County: Summit County
Significance of Location: Person
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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