Morgan Co./ Siemens Building

Morgan Co./ Siemens Building

Buildings, business, factories

Morgan Construction was a family owned business that was opened right here in Worcester in 1888. The company was sold to Siemens in 2008, but the original factory is still operated in Worcester on Crescent St. Morgan Construction Company designs, manufactures, supplies, and services rod, bar, combination mills, and handling equipment for steel and non-ferrous industries. [1] Morgan has designed and installed more than 450 rod, bar, and billet mills in over 40 countries worldwide. [2] From the later parts of the 1800’s and the early 1900’s the Second Industrial Revolution took place. The Morgan family seized the opportunity and over a hundreds year later this business is still flourishing in Worcester and around the world. Most history books give a broad overlook of this time period discussing railroads and industries in the North, but this shows that Worcester was a big part of the industrial revolution and still continues to produce today. During that time period people like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were being discussed as great leaders of the revolution but you could put the Morgan family in the same sentence for those who changed industry in this area. Morgan Construction gave people a place to work and steady pay. The building itself is very large, holding hundreds or large machines. The factory is split up into different bays, each specializing in something different like welding, paint, assembly line, the rolling mill and more. Also in the building are the engineers, the human resources department and the facilities maintenance department. It was one of the many businesses in Worcester that has helped make it the second largest city in New England today.

[1]Morgan Construction Company Overview, BusinessWeek, http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4361821, Accessed March 2010.
[2]News Release, "Siemens to Acquire Morgan Company," 2 January 2008, http://cn.siemens.com/cms/cn/English/press/presscontent/Pages/20080103.aspx, Accessed March 2010.

Established, 1888

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40 Crescent Street, Worcester MA 01605