Kdc | Columbus history

By 1815, the new statehouse was being built on the corner of what is now South High Street and State Street.

The new city wouldn't be incorporated until 1816.

The company had been founded by employees of the Hayden Iron Company, which since 1825 had been producing harness hardware but also manufactured coil chain.

When the National Road came through Columbus in 1837, a bridge was built across the Scioto River to replace the ferry service.

After military discharge, he returned in 1839 to find Lewis Ludington was enjoying the same area of land that he had purchased through the government land office for $1.25 an acre.

Early in 1856, several citizens of Columbus, Ohio, dreamed of a bold business venture: the establishment of a town along the route of the proposed transcontinental railway.

Broad & High Street First Trolley Car 1863

In 1864, the settlement at Columbus was incorporated as a village, On Feb.

26, 1874, the village officially became incorporated as a city.

The hoist component of Columbus McKinnon dates back to the creation of Chicago's Moore Manufacturing Company in 1875.

He went from hardware clerk to store owner when in 1878 he became a partner in an Ontario business called McKinnon and Mitchell Hardware.

In 1887 McKinnon created a Buffalo subsidiary, the McKinnon Dash Company.

Moore focused much of its attention on the railroad industry, in particular sliding doors and door hangers for freight cars, but by 1889 the company, now known as Moore Manufacturing and Foundry Company and headquartered in Milwaukee, turned increasingly to hoists, trolleys, and cranes.

1896– Built in 1896, the Columbus Athenaeum is located in the heart of downtown Columbus, close to many hotels and entertainment venues.

Dating from 1898, it features gothic buttressing, cathedral ceilings, hand-painted faux marble walls, and scenes of the crusades in the wings.

In 1899 S.H. Chisholm became president of the company, which now became known as the Chisholm and Moore Manufacturing Company.

In 1909 the McKinnon Chain Company was formed, using the electric welding process to produce coil, ladder and 'sugar' chain, donkey and horse trace chain, lorry and plough trace chain, as well as tire chain for cars and trucks.

1914– Expansion northward begins.

By 1915, most of the metal lighted arches were removed.

In 1917 McKinnon Chain merged with the Columbus Chain Company.

By 1922 McKinnon decided to sell its share of the chain business to the Columbus interests.

It wouldn't be until the 1950s that fire welded chain would be completed phased out. Its fortunes were revived in 1925 when one of the board members, Julius Stone, decided to buy the company.

In 1928 Chisholm Moore was acquired by the Columbus McKinnon Chain Company.

In 1931 Columbus McKinnon introduced the first aluminum hoist.

One employee was quoted as saying that in 1932, 'if an order for a piece of chain came in, everyone could celebrate.' Nevertheless the company made a number of significant improvements in its product lines.

1933: Company introduces alloy chain.

1934– To accommodate increasing membership, the city’s largest kitchens were added along the north side of the ballroom; access to the upper levels of the auditorium was improved, and additional meeting spaces and dining areas were added.

The first Columbus McKinnon facility to be built abroad was a factory in South Africa in 1935.

To better coordinate the development of new products, Columbus McKinnon would in 1939 create a separate Research and Development unit.

In the mid-1940's, catering to both agricultural and industrial interests, several Columbus men-of-vision created an industrial site and constructed a speculative industrial building.

In 1954, the words "under God" are added to the United States Pledge of Allegiance completing an effort the Knights began three years earlier.

A plant in St Catharines, Ontario, was built in 1966 to produce both hoists and chain.

A plant that opened in Manatee, Florida, in 1970 was dedicated to the production of Columbus McKinnon chainmaking equipment.

In 1971 a Lexington, Tennessee, plant was built to produce carbon chain.

1996– The Columbus Athenaeum, Ltd. purchased the Masonic temple from the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

In late August 1998 management warned investors that second quarter profits would fall short of expectations.