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A Major Producer of Lubricating Grease

Pittsburgh Grease Plant Long a major producer of lubricating grease for industry, transportation, and the military.  In WWII, supplied 5,000,000 pounds of "Eisenhower grease," vital to the war...

Pittsburgh Grease Plant

Long a major producer of lubricating grease for industry, transportation, and the military.  In WWII, supplied 5,000,000 pounds of "Eisenhower grease," vital to the war effort. Founded here, 1885, by Grant McCargo. After 1929, part of Standard Oil, NJ. operated until 1999.

 

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