Explosion at Lake City...

[fjruple]

This is a common misconception!! Baldwin was the landlord, period. There was a convoluted corporate deal between Baldwin and a fellow named Marcellus Hartley a big time investor in Remington and a new company was formed called Remington Arms of Delaware.
When Baldwin agreed to build the new building they where constructed in such a way as to be easily converted to train sheds. All the tooling was Remington's, the employees where employed by Remington of Delaware. There's even more to the story but the bottom line is, not a single Eddystone or ERA "Eddystone Remington Arms" marked rifle was built by Baldwin.
Sorry for the rant but I live here so it interests me.

WarPig1976-- I understand. I live just across the river from Eddystone and have been on the property many times over the years before they built the "Wally World" on the location of the old rifle factory. I believe the only parts still left is the first set of buildings just off of the railroad tracks up from Rt.291. I have the same type pet peeve when someone tells me all Eddystone M1917 rifles were made by Remington of Delaware when in fact the company changed hands in January 2, 1918 and was then owned by Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company. Point of fact is that all of the machinery for Eddystone Rifle Company was bought and paid for by the British government. The US government then bought the machinery and tooling to build the m1917 .30-06 at give away prices. When they closed the plant at the end of WWI, they estimated it took a freight train about 16 miles long to remove all of the machinery, tools and leftover spare parts. I guess in war there is always an opportunity to save a little money.

Cheers

--fjruple