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Dalton Adding and Listing Machine Company

Industrial
1910s
c. 1914
Poplar Bluff
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"The sign, 250 feet long and 4 feet high, advertised the "Dalton Adding and Listing Machine Company." President Dalton made arrangements with the Iron Mountain Railroad to connect the sign with the block system and as a train pulled into the yard, the sign would light automatically."

— Source: The History of Butler County Industry 1870-1930 (referenced c. 1914)

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A factory that operated in Poplar Bluff before moving to Cincinnati in 1914 due to its growth.

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