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Franklin Balmar Corporation was a fabrication company in Woodberry, Baltimore, Maryland. It was a subcontractor for the Manhattan Project.

History

It was incorporated in 1917 as the Franklin Railway Supply Company. In 1954 they moved their N. A. Strand Division from Chicago to Baltimore. They diversified into the aerospace sector making the aluminum skin for airplanes.

In 1967, Aero-Chatillon Corporation purchased a controlling stake of the company. In 1969, with Franklin-Balmar remaining a division, Aero-Chatillon became Macrodyne-Chatillon Corporation through a merger with Macrodyne, Inc. and Shinn Industries, Inc., which became Macrodyne Industries in 1974.

References

  1. "Secrets emerge in Woodberry's industrial park". Baltimore Sun. May 2, 1994. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. "Franklin Balmar Corp. Moves Facilities Here". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 1967. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. "Franklin Balmar Seeks Aerospace Work". Baltimore Sun. March 10, 1967. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. "Franklin Balmar". Railway Age. 1965.
  5. (8 February 1967). FRANKLIN FIRM CONTROL IS SOLD: Aero-Chatillon Gets 85% Of Company Stock, Baltimore Sun
  6. (29 March 1969). AERO-CHATILLON MERGER IS O.K.'D: Franklin Balmar's Parent Gets Two In Merger, Baltimore Sun
  7. Directory of obsolete securities, p. 15 (1991)
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