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Title
Toledo
Scale
Company
-
scale
calibration
Subject
Industries--Ohio--Toledo
Scales
Scales (Weighing instruments)--United States--History
Toledo Scale (Firm)
Theobald, H. S. (Henry Studdy), Sir, 1847-1934
Devilbiss family
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Toledo (Ohio)
Lucas County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
appears
to
show
a
workman
calibrating
a
scale
, with
many
scales
lining
the
shelf
behind
him. This
is
probably
the
Toledo
Scale
company
.
Toledo
Scale
Company
Factory
was
located
at
3216
Monroe
Street
in
Toledo
,
Ohio
.
It
was
originally
founded
as
Toledo
Computing
Scale
and
Cash
Register
Company
in
1901
by
Henry
Theobald
and
immediately
began
production
of
Allen
DeVilbiss
Jr’s
computing
scale
invention
,
which
was
dubbed
the
Toledo
Fan
Scale
. In
1906
, the
first
Toledo
Cylinder
Scale
was
introduced
,
allowing
for
more
computations
and
greater
capacity
.
1912
saw
the
introduction
of the
Toledo
double
pendulum
industrial
portable
scale
.
Toledo
Precision
Devices
,
Inc
, a
subsidiary
,
began
in
1929
in
order
to
concentration
on
producing
specialty
items
for a
wide
variety
of
force
measuring
applications
. In
1931
Toledo
Printweight
scales
were
announced
,
where
were a
significant
step
forward
over
previous
models
. By the
1930s
and
40s
it
was the
world’s
largest
manufacturer
of
automatic
scales
and
precision
force-measuring
instruments
. In
1938
,
another
subsidiary
was
added
, this
time
in
Defiance
,
Ohio
. By
1939
,
new
facilities
were
completed
in
Toledo
80
acres
,
allowing
all
the
operations
to be in the
same
location
, with
additions
added
between
1941
and
1943
. In
1968
,
Toledo
Scale
was
bought
by
Reliance
Electric
Company
and
eventually
moved
operations
to
Columbus
,
Ohio
.
Mettler
bough
Toledo
Scale
from
Reliance
Electric
in
1989
and was
renamed
Mettler
Toledo
. The
company
continues
to
grow
,
using
new
technology
and
innovations
to
serve
many
different
industries
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
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File Name
SA1039AV_B08F03_024_001.tif
Image Height
4315
Image Width
3081
File Size
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Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-05-26
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