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Red Devil, Inc.
Red Devil is a manufacturer of caulking, glazing (window), glazing, sealants and related surface preparation tools for glaziers, painters and masons. They are a privately owned family business with manufacturing facilities in Pryor, Oklahoma. The company is currently headquartered in Pryor, Oklahoma. History The company was founded as Smith & Hemenway Company, in 1872 by Landon P. Smith and John Francis Hemenway in Hill, New Hampshire. The company manufactured the "Woodward Wizard", patented by Frank R. Woodward in 1875, for cutting glass. During a trip to Sweden, Smith heard a blacksmith call sparks "those little red devils" and he named the tool after that phrase. In 1926 Landon P. Smith bought John Francis Hemenway's shares in the company and Hemenway retired. In 1932, general manager George Ludlow Lee, Sr. acquired Vesco Tools Company's line of wood scrapers. In the 1950s George Ludlow Lee, Sr. became chairman of the board. In 1963 George Ludlow Lee, Jr. acquired Schalk Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and Urban density, densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, Public utilities, utilities, land use, Manufacturing, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
