McWane, the Glossary
McWane, Inc. is one of the world's largest manufacturers of iron water works and plumbing products and one of America's largest privately owned companies.[1]
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- 1921 establishments in Alabama
- Manufacturing companies established in 1921
- Privately held companies based in Alabama
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (أَبُو ظَبِي) is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Amerex
Amerex Corporation is a large American manufacturer of firefighting products.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Bergen
Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the events and actions of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade, and others of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Birmingham District
The Birmingham District is a geological area in the vicinity of Birmingham, Alabama, where the raw materials for making steel - limestone, iron ore, and coal - are found together in abundance. McWane and Birmingham District are historic American Engineering Record in Alabama.
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Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama.
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Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.
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Brentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.
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Cangzhou
Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hebei province, People's Republic of China.
Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.
Cast-iron architecture
Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences.
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Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Clean Air Act (United States)
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.
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Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution.
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Compressed air
Compressed air is air kept under a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure.
Coupling
A coupling is a device used to connect two shafts together at their ends for the purpose of transmitting power.
Ductile iron
Ductile iron, also known as ductile cast iron, nodular cast iron, spheroidal graphite iron, spheroidal graphite cast iron and SG iron, is a type of graphite-rich cast iron discovered in 1943 by Keith Millis.
Electric utility
An electric utility, or a power company, is a company in the electric power industry (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market.
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Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent agency of the United States government that enforces U.S. campaign finance laws and oversees U.S. federal elections.
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Fire extinguisher
A fire extinguisher is a handheld active fire protection device usually filled with a dry or wet chemical used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergencies.
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Fire suppression system
Fire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring.
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Foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings.
Frontline (American TV program)
Frontline (stylized in all capital letters) is an investigative documentary program distributed by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.
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Gas cylinder
A gas cylinder is a pressure vessel for storage and containment of gases at above atmospheric pressure.
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Hebei
Hebei is a province in North China.
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Heritage Documentation Programs
Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
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J. R. McWane
James Ransom McWane (August 15, 1869 – June 24, 1933) was an American industrialist and founder of McWane, Inc., which was based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Jeff Sessions
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.
McWane
McWane, Inc. is one of the world's largest manufacturers of iron water works and plumbing products and one of America's largest privately owned companies. McWane and McWane are 1921 establishments in Alabama, historic American Engineering Record in Alabama, Manufacturing companies established in 1921 and privately held companies based in Alabama.
McWane Science Center
The McWane Science Center (formerly known as the McWane Center) is a science museum and research archive located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element; it has symbol Hg and atomic number 80.
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Netgear
Netgear, Inc. (stylized as NETGEAR in all caps), is an American computer networking company based in San Jose, California, with offices in about 22 other countries.
Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.
OpenSecrets
OpenSecrets is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying, including a revolving door database which documents the individuals who have worked in both the public sector and lobbying firms and may have conflicts of interest.
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
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Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Phillipsburg is a town located along the Delaware River that is the most populous municipality in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Pipe (fluid conveyance)
A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow — liquids and gases (fluids), slurries, powders and masses of small solids.
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Piping and plumbing fitting
A fitting or adapter is used in pipe systems to connect sections of pipe (designated by nominal size, with greater tolerances of variance) or tube (designated by actual size, with lower tolerance for variance), adapt to different sizes or shapes, and for other purposes such as regulating (or measuring) fluid flow.
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Plumbing
Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications.
President (corporate title)
A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.
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Privately held company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.
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Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula.
Safe Drinking Water Act
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.
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Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
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Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Tariff
A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
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Trussville, Alabama
Trussville is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties in the State of Alabama.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.
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United States International Trade Commission
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) is an agency of the United States federal government that advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of trade.
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United Steelworkers
The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America.
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Utility pole
A utility pole is a column or post, usually made out of wood or aluminum alloy, used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights.
Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. McWane and Vulcan statue are historic American Engineering Record in Alabama.
Water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
See also
1921 establishments in Alabama
- Alabama High School Athletic Association
- Albany-Decatur Twins
- Brasfield & Gorrie
- Decatur Negro High School
- Delchamps
- Deshler High School (Alabama)
- McWane
- O'Neal Steel
- Russellville Miners
- Thompson High School
- Tri-Cities Triplets (Alabama–Tennessee League)
- Valley Head, Alabama
Manufacturing companies established in 1921
- ABU Garcia
- Alessi (Italian company)
- Allied Paper Corporation
- Atalanta Ltd
- Benrus
- Braun (company)
- Coadou-Fleury
- Coats Steam Car
- Doublestar (company)
- Douglas Aircraft Company
- FAUR
- Foma Bohemia
- Herrick Corporation
- Janome
- KONČAR Group
- Komatsu Limited
- Majestic Percussion
- Master Lock
- McWane
- Oilgear
- SAKO
- Sakura Color Products Corporation
- Salonit Anhovo
- Shimano
- Sljeme (company)
- Taylor Woodrow
- Terumo
- Toastmaster (appliances)
- Topy Industries
- Vitamix
- Wahl Clipper
- Warren and Brown
- Xcelite
Privately held companies based in Alabama
- American Cast Iron Pipe Company
- Arc Dream Publishing
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
- Brasfield & Gorrie
- Buffalo Rock
- Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
- Digium
- Drummond Company
- EBSCO Industries
- Education Corporation of America
- Hoar Construction
- Kinnucan's
- McWane
- O'Neal Steel
- WTI Transport
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McWane
Also known as Clow Valve Company, Clow Water Systems, Clow water systems company, McWane Corporation, McWane Inc, McWane Inc., McWane, Inc., Tyler Pipe Company.
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