Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturing Co.

Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturing Company was founded in 1881 by James Kilbourne and HL Jacobs in Columbus, Ohio with an initial investment of $100,000.[1] Built in close proximity to Union Station,[2] the company produced wheelbarrows, horse-drawn railroad scrapers and other earth-moving equipment during the turn of the century.[3] Several years after opening, the company developed a line of hand trucks, forty percent of which were sold to the New York Central Railroad.[2] By the end of the 19th century, Kilbourne and Jacobs was the largest manufacturer of earth-moving equipment in the United States.[4] The Ohio State Journal reported in 1890 that the company produced approximately 150,000 hand trucks per year with between 400-600 workers, pushing annual sales to nearly $1 million.[2][1]

V skip wagon built for US Army in 1917.

The company went bankrupt in 1923[2] and was acquired by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company.[1]

References
  1. "Shaping Columbus- James Kilbourne, Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturing Co. owner". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  2. Dunham, Tom (2010-09-16). Columbus's Industrial Communities: Olentangy, Milo-Grogan, Steelton. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781452059709.
  3. Staff, Editorial; LLC, State History Publications (2008). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. North American Book Dist LLC. ISBN 9781878592705.
  4. Barrett, Richard E. (2005). Columbus 1860-1910. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738539621.
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