Where are they Today

 
This was a bit of mystery because we didn’t know where it was then.  This made answering "where are they now?" more difficult.  That story can be followed here.

Buffalo Arms was incorporated 8 November 1940 as a division of U.S. conglomerate Houdaille-Hershey for the purpose of making Royal Air Force machine guns.   Funding to the tune of $5.5 million came from the British Purchasing Commission based in Washington D.C.


While construction was proceeding, property and equipment ownership transferred to the Defense Plant Corporation (DPC). This was part of a larger plan where the British transferred their investments in American production to the US owned Reconstruction Finance Corporation (R.F.C.).  DPC would remain the property owner throughout Buffalo Arms's occupancy.



Edited by New2brass - Mar 19 2023 at 6:09pm

I passed through Port Clinton late last year. All of the Standard Product buildings are gone now. The only building left at that time was the guard shack and I wouldn't be surprised if that was gone too by now.

Great thread, I really enjoyed reading though all of it. 

This is reportedly the site of Underwood Elliot Fisher headquarters during WW2, the location where the Carbine Committee was first established. The original address was stated as 241 Broadway, New York, NY as noted in War Baby!. However the building in the picture is actually located at 1 Park Avenue which was also noted as a UEF HQ address (WB pg.116) A building now at the Broadway location (see below) looks similar but is many blocks away and there is no 241. The addresses jump from 235 to 250.





Edited by jackp1028 - Mar 06 2021 at 6:51pm

Hueyjazz on the CMP Forum confirmed the location of Trimble Nurseryland Furniture Co. in Rochester, NY. They were the makers of stocks for National Postal Meter which was nearby. They're on the corner of Wren and Lexington. Here's a Google Earth Street view screen grab.

Here is an aerial view of the missing building in New Hartford. that is missing.  I overlayed a picture of the factory on the survey to give some perspective.

While doing the research above I was contacted by the member who wrote the article. Subsequently, we worked together to uncover more information.