Heyl and Patterson is founded in 1887…
1887 CE
Heyl and Patterson is founded in 1887 by Edmund W. Heyl and William J. Patterson in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initially as a sales agency for elevator and conveyor chains and elevator buckets.
This will develop into the supply of complete elevators and conveyors.
Because it is located in the Coal Region of southwestern Pennsylvania, it is only natural to branch out into the coal industry.