McMyler-Interstate Company

The McMyler-Interstate Company, a pioneer in the design, development, and manufacturing of ore- and coal-handling equipment as well as a manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment, was established in 1910 as the result of a consolidation of four companies in the city of Bedford, Ohio:

• The Excelsior Iron Works, dating back to the 1870s
• The McMyler Manufacturing Co., dating back to the 1880s
• Kaltenbach & Griess, Consulting and Contracting Engineers, formed in 1897
• The Interstate Engineering Co., organiged in 1902

Just after World War I, a 350-ton capacity hammerhead crane was ordered for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Designed and built in Bedford in 1919, the crane was called the 'League Island Crane' by its builder. Weighing 3,500 tons, the crane was shipped to the Navy yard in sections. At the time, it was the world's largest crane. The League Island Crane was for many years the Navy's largest crane.

The "League Island Crane" with Clemson-class destroyer USS Lamson (DD-328) in the foreground.

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Products Manufactured

A 1912 advertisement highlighting the McMyler Interstate Company's Type J 35-Ton Capacity Standard Gauge Locomotive Crane fitted with a 1 yard or 1 yard Scraper Bucket

Steam Crawler Shovels

Gas Crawler Shovels

Electric Crawler Shovels

Steam Crawler Cranes

Gas Crawler Craness

Electric Crawler Cranes

Steam Locomotive Cranes

Gas Locomotive Cranes

Electric Locomotive Cranes

Barge Fueling Cranes

Special and Broad Gauge Cranes

Stationary Revolving Cranes

Dry Dock Cranes, Pintle Cranes

Shipbuilding Cranes

Cantilever Cranes

Revolving Gantry Cranes

Portal Gantry Cranes

Semi-Portal Gantry Cranes

Roof Type Cargo Cranes

Trolley Type Gantry Cranes

Hammer Head Cranes

Jib Boom Cranes

Coal Handling Bridges

Oar Handling Bridges

Drag Line Buckets

Clam Shell Buckets

Orange Peal Buckets

Fogarty Buckets

Special Large Capacity Buckets

Stone Skips

Car Haulage Machines

Elevating Car Dumpers

Rolling Car Dumpers

Rotary Car Dumpers

Unloading Towers

Coaling Towers

Fast Plants

Special Material Handling Plants

Box Car Unloaders

Skip Hoists

Man Trolleys Gear Blanks

Commercial Machine Work

Turntables, Transfer Tables

Pressed Steel Platforms

Trimming Machinery

Rubber Manufacturing Machines

Mixing Aprons

Tubocol Machinery

Tubular Fuel Plants

Structural Steel (Fabricated)

Sand Bins

Screening Towers

Structural Hoppers

Mico-Iron Castings

Hammered and Pressed Forgings

R. R. Switch Stands

References

1. ^ "McMyler-Interstate Co.." Bedford Historical Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2010. <http://www.bedfordohiohistory.org/build/mcmyler.php>.