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JOHN ERNDSDORFF IRON COMPANY. Established in 1889 as a successor to the Westphal and Hinds Hardware Company's heavy hardware department, the company chiefly supplied large carriage makers, wagon manufacturers, and blacksmiths throughout the Midwest with iron and steel products. The company also maintained an inventory of between 200,000 and 300,000 feet of hard and soft wagon lumber. | JOHN ERNDSDORFF IRON COMPANY. Established in 1889 as a successor to the Westphal and Hinds Hardware Company's heavy hardware department, the company chiefly supplied large carriage makers, wagon manufacturers, and blacksmiths throughout the Midwest with iron and steel products. The company also maintained an inventory of between 200,000 and 300,000 feet of hard and soft wagon lumber. | ||
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Revision as of 22:40, 12 December 2011
JOHN ERNDSDORFF IRON COMPANY. Established in 1889 as a successor to the Westphal and Hinds Hardware Company's heavy hardware department, the company chiefly supplied large carriage makers, wagon manufacturers, and blacksmiths throughout the Midwest with iron and steel products. The company also maintained an inventory of between 200,000 and 300,000 feet of hard and soft wagon lumber.
