John Mundy  DEAN

    
The John M Dean Pin Factory
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"The John M. Dean Company was originally formed in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1899. John M. Dean was a native of Leads, England and he arrived in the United States during the late-1870s. His firm specialized in the manufacture of metal pins, these with applications ranging from textiles to talking machines. In 1910, Dean relocated the company from Lowell to Putnam, Connecticut, where a new factory was erected on Mechanics Street. Following the move, Dean appointed his son, Charles E. Dean, as president of the firm and he assumed the role of treasurer. His younger son, John M. Dean Jr., served as secretary of the company. Upon settling in Putnam, the range of goods produced by the John M. Dean Company was expanded to include textile pins and talking machine needles, as well as comb, faller, feeder, and card pins used in textile mills. Business increased substantially during the First World War, as many of these goods had previously been produced overseas and their importation was ceased or slowed throughout the conflict. John M. Dean remained associated with the company until the business was sold to the New York, New York-based Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company. Charles E. and John M. Dean Jr. were retained as managers of the Putnam plant, which operated as a division of the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Company until the later was reorganized as the General Phonograph Corporation in 1919. General Phonograph continued to operate the former John M. Dean Company as a phonograph needle plant into the middle of the 20th century, however, the John M. Dean Company has since been reestablished as an independent firm. The business continues to manufacture pins and other pointed metal products as well as performs secondary processes such as heat treating, polishing, and finishing..." connecticutmills.org

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