The original Standard Sanitary was formed when James West Arrott of James West Arrott Insurance company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania took over a bankrupt hooper company that could not pay their insurance premiums. Along with Francis Torrance (they were related as they married the Waddell sisters) they learned about the enamelization of porcelain in Europe and brought that technique to America by first making bathtubs and then toilets and sinks. It was in the late 1890’s that Standard Sanitary was combined with other plumbing manufacturers to form the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company.
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of bathroom fixtures. It was formed in 1875 by the merger of the Ahrens and Ott Manufacturing Company, the Standard Manufacturing Company, the Dawes and Myler Manufacturing Company, and 6 other plants which were consolidated to form the Standard Manufacturing Company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, with Theodore Ahrens (Jr.) as its first president. He held this position, and others, until 1934.
In 1929, the company merged with the
American Radiator Company
The American Radiator Company was established in 1892 by the merger of a number of North American radiator manufacturers. The company expanded in the early 20th century into Europe under the brand National Radiator Company.
In 1929, it amalgam ...
to form the
American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation.
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Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom fixture companies
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Pittsburgh
Manufacturing companies established in 1899
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1929
1899 establishments in Pennsylvania
1929 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
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