Vestal Mfg. Co., Elizabethtown, KY
A water meter cover in an Elizabethtown, Kentucky sidewalk manufactured by Vestal Manufacturing Company. In 1946, the three Vestal brothers founded Vestal Manufacturing Company. The company operates a gray iron foundry and a steel fabrication plant in Sweetwater, Tennessee. Early products included wood heating, cooking appliances and a line of agricultural products such as seed boxes and soil pulverizers. In the mid '50s the company began to manufacture cast iron and steel building products for the single family home construction market.
In 1964, the business was sold and the company became a subsidiary of the Jim Walter Corporation based in Tampa, Florida. The company remained a part of Walter Industries until 2004. At that time, the company was purchased from Walter Industries in a management buyout. Today the company has over 210,000 square feet of manufacturing space for its facility located on 50 acres in the Sweetwater Industrial Park. The company is the world's largest producer of cast iron dampers, cleanout doors, ash dumps and fireplace grates. In the mid 1980s, the company began to produce light-weight, non-traffic bearing municipal castings. Currently, the company produces one of the most complete lines of light weight municipal castings in the United States.
Vestal Mfg. Co., Elizabethtown, KY
A water meter cover in an Elizabethtown, Kentucky sidewalk manufactured by Vestal Manufacturing Company. In 1946, the three Vestal brothers founded Vestal Manufacturing Company. The company operates a gray iron foundry and a steel fabrication plant in Sweetwater, Tennessee. Early products included wood heating, cooking appliances and a line of agricultural products such as seed boxes and soil pulverizers. In the mid '50s the company began to manufacture cast iron and steel building products for the single family home construction market.
In 1964, the business was sold and the company became a subsidiary of the Jim Walter Corporation based in Tampa, Florida. The company remained a part of Walter Industries until 2004. At that time, the company was purchased from Walter Industries in a management buyout. Today the company has over 210,000 square feet of manufacturing space for its facility located on 50 acres in the Sweetwater Industrial Park. The company is the world's largest producer of cast iron dampers, cleanout doors, ash dumps and fireplace grates. In the mid 1980s, the company began to produce light-weight, non-traffic bearing municipal castings. Currently, the company produces one of the most complete lines of light weight municipal castings in the United States.