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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 816379, member: 59"]Appears to have been established in 1904</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KVE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA851&lpg=PA851&dq=%22peoria+steel+and+tool+company%22&source=bl&ots=p0rX7fAL3Y&sig=ACfU3U0LHp_qYK4JTjoIAynNHKPetw3C_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs_bTnpszjAhWpiFQKHV07CFIQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22peoria%20steel%20and%20tool%20company%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KVE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA851&lpg=PA851&dq=%22peoria+steel+and+tool+company%22&source=bl&ots=p0rX7fAL3Y&sig=ACfU3U0LHp_qYK4JTjoIAynNHKPetw3C_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs_bTnpszjAhWpiFQKHV07CFIQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22peoria%20steel%20and%20tool%20company%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=KVE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA851&lpg=PA851&dq="peoria+steel+and+tool+company"&source=bl&ots=p0rX7fAL3Y&sig=ACfU3U0LHp_qYK4JTjoIAynNHKPetw3C_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs_bTnpszjAhWpiFQKHV07CFIQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q="peoria steel and tool company"&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, in another article, it is mentioned that they failed to open in 1906. See this quote. "When the Peoria Steel and Tool Company, with land located adjacent to the Herschel plant, failed to open operations in 1906, Herschel acquired their newly constructed plant that consisted of five buildings and opened their own plant."</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems an awfully short life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 816379, member: 59"]Appears to have been established in 1904 [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=KVE0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA851&lpg=PA851&dq=%22peoria+steel+and+tool+company%22&source=bl&ots=p0rX7fAL3Y&sig=ACfU3U0LHp_qYK4JTjoIAynNHKPetw3C_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs_bTnpszjAhWpiFQKHV07CFIQ6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22peoria%20steel%20and%20tool%20company%22&f=false[/URL] However, in another article, it is mentioned that they failed to open in 1906. See this quote. "When the Peoria Steel and Tool Company, with land located adjacent to the Herschel plant, failed to open operations in 1906, Herschel acquired their newly constructed plant that consisted of five buildings and opened their own plant." Seems an awfully short life.[/QUOTE]
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