The Gravely Motor Plow & Cultivator Company was founded on February 3, 1922 by Benjamin F. Gravely in Charleston, West Virginia. Its industry is farm machinery and equipment and its headquarters were in Charleston, West Virginia (1922-1925), Dunbar, West Virginia (1925-1968) and Clemmons, North Carolina (1968-1996).
In 1960, the company was sold to the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In 1970, Studebaker merged Gravely with its Clarke Floor Machine division, forming the Clarke-Gravely Corporation with Gravely as a division. The company was acquired by the McGraw-Edison Company in 1980 and again in by the Ariens Company in 1982. In December 1996, the company was merged into Ariens and is today marketed as a brand.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Gravely Overseas, Ltd. (1949)
- Winchell Manufacturing Company (1960)
PLANTS[]
- Dunbar, West Virginia (1922-1968)
- Albany, Georgia (1956)
- Fort Scott, Kansas (1960-1964)
- Torquay, England (1949)
- Clemmons, North Carolina (1968-1992)
COMPANY NAMES[]
- Gravely Motor Plow & Cultivator Company (1922-1953)
- Gravely Manufacturing Company (alternative name) (1940-1943)
- Gravely Tractors, Inc. (1953-1969)
- Gravely Corporation (1969-1970)
- Gravely Division (1970-1982)
- Gravely International Inc. (1982-1996)
PRODUCTS[]
- "Gravely" Garden Tractor & Power Mowers
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
The Farm Quarterly (Autumn 1949)
The American City (September 1952)
Popular Mechanics (May 1957)
Boxoffice (Oct. 19, 1959)