THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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E have become
so used to
thinking of De=
troit as a Motor Car City
that even we who live
here are surprised when
we learn the extent to
which other Detroit in=
dustries dominate their
fields. Vet there are a
number of lines of manu=
John W. Flower, President
facturing in which o u r
factories are nearly, if not fully, as big a factor
as in the building of cars and trucks.
James Flower and Brothers, was founded in
1852. Many Detroiters remember the old plant
at Brush and Woodbridge, part of which still
stands. Here valves and other fittings were
made, not only for city water systems, but also
for many of the steamships built in Detroit.
Many of the older boats running now are among
those fitted with Flower equipment.
Greater facilities de
and business of the I. ep
turing Company wer a d
name being changed Ins
ufacturing Company or
the needed output o)
expansion.
With the reduction of ship building and the
growth of the demand for their product for
Upon the entry of
the Flower organizat
which the governmen
tonments here and
with water system
Flower hydrants, va
extensively in this I
was generally reco
facilities guaranteed
quantity needed.
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Flower Valve Manufacturing Company
Among these things to which the world
looks to Detroit is the equipping of municipali=
ties with what is commonly called "Water
Works Supplies." For many of the largest
cities of not alone the United States, but the
whole world, are users of the various products
of the Flower Valve Manufacturing Company
of Detroit.
The products of this company are varied, as
they supply the wants of municipalities, public
service corporations, private plants and of gov=
ernments, in hydraulic supplies, fire hydrants,
gate valves, valve indicator posts, check valves,
tide valves, sluice gates and many others, the
names of which are unfamiliar except to the
hydraulic engineer.
HAS GROWN WITH DETROIT
The Flower Valve Manufacturing Company
is not a new concern. The parent company,
This plant, at Brush and Woodbridge Streets, was the first plant of James Flower
and Brothers, founded in 1852. Here the hydraulic supply business was started, and
here also many steamships were fitted out, some of which are still running with their
original "Flower" equipment.
municipal and governmental projects, the whole
energies of the company were centered on the
manufacture of hydraulic supplies.
4,
BIG WAR CON
Work is being pushed on the new foundry for the Flower Valve Manufacturing Company. The added facilities will
greatly increase the output and allow of greater economy and speed in manufacture.
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pany did not stop
building program w
fittings for the thous
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Company in the field
ally turned to this
the products needed.
The list of parts
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propellers of various
piping, ballast pipi
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work was carried t
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excellence of the del
FURTHER EXP
With the retur
further expansion
was found necessa
thought wise to cha
better fit the produc
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Another big fount
This will double th
enabling the comp
ber of special orders
allow a re-arranger
economize time and
facture.
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