1877 |
Daniel Kennedy starts making gate valves in a shop on Gold Street in lower Manhattan. |
1890 |
To provide larger manufacturing facilities, the plant is moved to Coxsackie, New York. The D. Kennedy firm becomes the Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co. |
1907 |
The Kennedy Valve business continues to develop rapidly and a larger, more modern plant is built on a 20-acre site in Elmira, New York – now 52.59 acres. |
1920 |
Kennedy Valve expands with the addition of a brass foundry. |
1940 |
The plant receives three Maritime Commission awards to manufacture eight million valves for the Victory Fleet. |
1962 |
Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co. is purchased by Grinnell Corp. of Providence, Rhode Island. |
1969 |
Grinnell Corp. is purchased by ITT, and Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT Grinnell. |
1988 |
McWane Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, purchases Kennedy Valve from ITT Corp. |
2007 |
Kennedy Valve celebrates the milestone of 100 years of operations in Elmira, New York. |
