Best known as a maker of mining machinery, Joshua Hendy Iron Works also made sawmills and engines.
Charles E. Moore bought the firm around 1940, and began producing Marine Engines for Liberty Ships. In 1942, Moore’s Joshua Henry Machine Works bought the Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co. for $3.2 million.
Information Sources
- The Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory for the Year Ending October 1907 carries an ad, "JOSHUA HENDY IRON WORKS / Manufacturers of Mine and Ore Milling Machinery, 75 Fremont St. San Francisco / Boilers, engines, compressors, saw mills, etc."
- National Labor Relations Board Docket Number: R-J198, parts: 868.
- Time Magazine 30 Nov, 1942.