Employees in front of MacWhyte building

Creator

MacWhyte Company

Date

• January 1917

Summary

• In front of the MacWhyte building in January 1917. George S. Whyte is ninth from the right, and Jessel S. Whyte is fifth from the right.
• Founded in 1896 by F. B. Macomber and George Whyte in Coal City, Illinois, MacWhyte Company came to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1912, where wire rope, aircraft cables, and tie rods were produced. In 1984, a MacWhyte Industrial Park was formed in Kenosha, covering a total of 30 acres. Multiple factors contributed to the decline of operations and the company closed in 1999.