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Iron Bridges Were ‘Kings’ for Decades By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
Allan King Sloan, 81, is the great-great grandson of Zenas King, founder, in 1858, of the once-famous King Bridge Company. When it closed 64 years later, it had built as many as 5,000 (documented) iron bridges across New England and America, and, perhaps as many as 10,000 (undocumented, but being discovered over the century). Some of these spans are still in operation. like “Old Nan,” the well-known Niantic River Bridge in East Lyme, Conn., which is a 105 years old and counting. Sloan wasn’t born when the King Bridge Company closed its doors in 1922. But he has done extensive research on his family’s past. “In searching an old trunk in the family attic, I found the pages of a book called the ‘Encyclopedia of Biography,’ apparently written in the 1920s, documenting the lives of prominent Cleveland families. It contained the following entry for ‘Zenas King, Inventor, Executive’: ‘each great practical scientific achievement that has meant comsee BriDgEs page 4
A King Bridge Company structure in Manistee, Mich. A sign, pictured at right, from one of the 5,000 bridges built by the King Bridge Company during its 64-year history.
Equipment East Keeps Customers Happy Equipment East is relatively new to the equipment distribution business, but the eastern Massachusetts company has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry and has
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Jim Mullen (R), sales representative of Equipment East, worked with Keith Buckley, director of grounds of Endicott College, on the purchase of a Yanmar V4-6 articulated loader.
Spencer Contracting’s LiuGong 915D excavator is equipped with a Geith severe-duty bucket and thumb for one of the company’s demolition projects.
already proven adept at knowing what it takes to make its customers happy: simply put, because of the company’s contracting background, it knows how to work closely with customers to provide the right equipment and attachments for the job at hand. Three of its customers recently shared their success stories about working with Equipment East. GP Aggregate Located just north of Boston in Gloucester, Mass., is the GP Aggregate gravel pit. The company, which operates in the Cape Ann see EAsT page 8