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Evansville Enameling

Evansville Enameling

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Evansville Enameling

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1526 N Fulton Ave, formerly 2110 Fulton Ave
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

c1920 built
1920s Expands
1931 Evansville Enameling closes
1945 Kent Plastics
c1992 razed

Location

Southwest corner of Fulton Ave and Belt RR
District: Blankenburg
Latitude: 37.991829
Longitude: -87.581149
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built >1910 <1922 organized 1918? another addition one story brick sawtooth roof 1922 (1923?) and another in 1926 2-story fulton ave and belt rr [1922] small fire aug 1931 but rebuilt 1931 in receivership sits idle for 2 years servel leases facility may 1933 star bottlers purchases building 1942 for pepsi cola bottling co storage kent plastics founded dec 1945 (1528 n fulton) same bldg as kent plastics [1962]-53? plant built 1945 rebuilt? oldest section in 1968 ad is about 1949 8-11-68 1528 n fulton main office molding and finishing plant 1960 opened plant at 1000 grove (end of missouri) vacuum forming and extrusion plant addition in 1963 bankrupt 1991 closed jan 1992 razed http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:EANX-NB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=145BAC6961D33DA0&svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&req_dat=0F92E9E8E118A68E => Evansville Courier and Press article - New Plastics company is formed here (12/23/1945) fancy fulton ave home (approx 1506n, old 2106) in photo?


See also

Evansville Courier article - Enamel plant in operation (1/10/1920)
HistoricEvansville.com: Businesses / Commercial
HistoricEvansville.com: Blankenburg district

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