Manning, Maxwell and Moore

Manning, Maxwell and Moore was a railroad equipment supply manufacturing company that was based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was founded by Charles Arthur Moore in 1905.[1]

The company manufactured pressure gauges, valves, cranes, and hoists.

History

They purchased the Bendix Helicopters factory in 1945, located in Stratford, Connecticut.

Dresser Industries acquired Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Inc. in 1964. [2]

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See also

References
  1. "M. M. & M." Time magazine. January 24, 1938. Retrieved 2008-12-19. The Brady fable got its pith from Charles A. Moore, founder of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, who took Brady on as a cub salesman in 1879 when the company was only a jobber for railroad supplies, sent Diamond Jim out on the road with instructions to spend all the money necessary to make customers like him. Diamond Jim stuck to this tenet through the panic of the middle nineties with such success that spending money to make money has been the Manning, Maxwell & Moore system to lick depressions ever since.
  2. The New York Times.com: "Dresser acquires Manning, Maxwell and Moore", 27 November 1964.
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