Franklin Balmar
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Franklin Balmar Corporation was a fabrication company in Woodberry, Baltimore, Maryland. It was a subcontractor for the Manhattan Project.[1]
History
[edit]It was incorporated in 1917 as the Franklin Railway Supply Company. In 1954 they moved their N. A. Strand Division from Chicago to Baltimore.[2] They diversified into the aerospace sector making the aluminum skin for airplanes.[3][4]
In 1967, Aero-Chatillon Corporation purchased a controlling stake of the company.[5] In 1969, with Franklin-Balmar remaining a division, Aero-Chatillon became Macrodyne-Chatillon Corporation through a merger with Macrodyne, Inc. and Shinn Industries, Inc.,[6] which became Macrodyne Industries in 1974.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Secrets emerge in Woodberry's industrial park". Baltimore Sun. May 2, 1994. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Franklin Balmar Corp. Moves Facilities Here". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 1967. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Franklin Balmar Seeks Aerospace Work". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 1967. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ "Franklin Balmar". Railway Age. 1965.
- ^ (8 February 1967). FRANKLIN FIRM CONTROL IS SOLD: Aero-Chatillon Gets 85% Of Company Stock, Baltimore Sun
- ^ (29 March 1969). AERO-CHATILLON MERGER IS O.K.'D: Franklin Balmar's Parent Gets Two In Merger, Baltimore Sun
- ^ Directory of obsolete securities, p. 15 (1991)