Forty Fort, Pennsylvania From 1906
The business community in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was keen to attract and invest in manufacturing. In 1906 a new Matheson factory was opened in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. Some 35 skilled employees transferred from the old works in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In the spring of 1913 heavily discounted cars were being sold off by the receiver.
In 1919 the Owen Magnetic Motor Car Company occupied the old Matheson works and in 1920 resumed production of the Owen Magnetic car.
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