© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
In 1852, the Edwin B. Stimpson Company opened a 1,500 square foot factory in Lower Manhattan at what would be, 31 years hence, the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Now, more than 150 years later, Stimpson produces the largest variety of standard and special eyelets of any single company in the world from two facilities totaling over 550,000 square feet. Our Bayport, New York and Pompano Beach, Florida plants are furnished with the most advanced, state-of-the-art, high-speed automated equipment available. – Stimpson Co Facilities
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In 1852 after spending five years’ service with the shoe firm of Brooks & Co. learning the trade of shoe cutter, Edwin B. Stimpson, a native of Northhampton England, opened his own company. First engaged as a master cutter and later as a wholesale manufacturer, his machinery patents were used in the manufacture of shoes and boots and were used by manufacturers throughout the country. He died on October 8th 1888 at the age of sixty three.
Brooklyn Eagle: Date: Oct 8, 1888: Page 4