The Worthington Corporation was founded on March 18, 1899 by Benjamin Guggenheim in New York City, New York following a consolidation of Henry R. Worthington, Inc., Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works, Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company, Snow Steam Pump Works, Deane Steam Pump Works, Holly Manufacturing Company and Clayton Air Compressor Works. The most prominent of these companies, Henry R. Worthington, was established in 1845 in New York City. Its industry was industrial equipment, engines and tools and its headquarters were in New York City, New York (1899-1930), Harrison, New Jersey (1930-1971) and Mountainside, New Jersey (1971-1982).
In 1967, it merged with the Studebaker Corporation, forming the Studebaker-Worthington Corporation as a holding company. It was acquired by the McGraw-Edison Company in 1978 and it dissolved in 1982. One of its subsidiaries, Worthington-Simpson, Ltd. (acquired 1969) became its successor and was acquired by Dresser Industries, Inc. in 1985.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Ransome Concrete Machinery Company (1943-1948)
PLANTS[]
- Alhambra, California
- Buffalo, New York
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cudahy, Wisconsin
- Denver, Colorado
- Dunellen, New Jersey
- East Orange, New Jersey
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Harrison, New Jersey
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- Holyoke, Massachusetts
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Newark, New Jersey
- Oil City, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Succasunna, New Jersey
- Tareytown, Maryland
- Wellsville, New York
COMPANY NAMES[]
- International Steam Pump Company (1899-1916)
- Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation (1916-1952)
- Worthington Corporation (1952-1975)
- Worthington Pump Corporation (U.S.A.) (1975-1982)
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