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81West Coast Railway Company — (WCRC), also known as West Coast Railways is a railway spot hire company and charter train operator, based at Carnforth in Lancashire, on the site of the old Steamtown heritage depot. In 1998, the company became the first privately owned company… …
82London Armoury Company — The London Armoury Company was a London arms manufactory that existed from 1856 until 1866. It was the major arms supplier to the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. The company was founded on February 9, 1856, with its factory established on… …
83Chronicle Publishing Company — The Chronicle Publishing Company was a print and broadcast media corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California that was in operation from 1865 until 2000. Owned for the whole of its existence by the de Young family, it was most notable… …
84Great Western Brewing Company — Infobox Brewery name = Great Western Brewing Company caption = location = flagicon|Canadaflagicon|SaskatchewanSaskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada owner = opened = 1927 (as Hub City Brewing Company) production = active beers = brewbox beer|name=Great… …
85Slaymaker lock company — A Typical Brass Slaymaker Padlock About the founder The lock company was founded in 1888 by Samuel R. Slaymaker. Samuel R. Slaymaker got his interest in locks from working for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a civil engineer. He was interested with… …
86Pillsbury Company — ▪ American company former American flour miller and food products manufacturer that was acquired by its rival, General Mills, in 2001. Both companies were headquarted in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through its long history in the baking goods… …
87Maytag-Mason Motor Company — The Maytag Mason Motor Company of Waterloo, Iowa manufactured Maytag automobiles from 1910 to 1915.[1] The company s founder was Frederick Louis Maytag I, who is better known for his development of the Maytag washing machine company. Mr. Maytag… …
88Austin Motor Company — Austin Motor Company …
89Motion Picture Patents Company — The Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC, also known as the Edison Trust), founded in December 1908, was a trust of all the major American film companies (Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Selig, Lubin, Kalem, American Star, American Pathé),… …
90Private military company — A private military company (PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary ( soldiers for hire ). [cite journal|journal=Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/… …
