Facility:
John Deere Malleable Works
Address:
Moline, IL
Year Est.:
April 7, 1911
Year Closed:
1969
Item Description:
Started as Union Malleable Iron Company, the John Deere Malleable works supplied malleable castings, pearlitic castings, and white-iron castings to almost all of the John Deere factories. Operations were consolidated into John Deere foundry in 1968. This is a cast desk pen holder commemorating the final pour of the foundry.