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The operations of Gillespie + Powers, Inc. extends back 90 years to the Gillespie & Daly
Construction Company, founded by John H. Gillespie, father of
Charles A. Gillespie, founder of Gillespie + Powers, Inc.
In 1931 Charles A. Gillespie, organized Gillespie Company as a
proprietorship.
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Charles A. Gillespie |
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One of the Original Work Crews 1877
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In 1937 Frank X. Powers was admitted as a
partner and the firm name was changed to Gillespie + Powers, Inc. In 1950,
two years after the death of Mr. Powers, the partnership was converted to
the present corporation.
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From its inception and through the early 1960s, the company operated on a
regional basis involved with refractory installation services primarily in
heating systems and electric generator stations.
Around the time of the formation of the partnership, the
City of St. Louis passed a rather rigid smoke abatement law that thrust the
company into a great deal of research into the installation of new coal-burning
equipment in many existing boilers. Following this, the company was heavily
involved with the conversion of much of the hand fired boiler equipment to
stokers and finally converting much of this equipment to firing with oil and
gas.
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In the early
1960s, Gillespie + Powers, Inc. expanded into the aluminum
industry providing design and installation for aluminum melting
and holding furnaces, specializing in the larger stationary type of
equipment up to 100 tons in metal holding capacity.
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The company's interest in
aluminum melting has expanded with the design and installation of
a number of proprietary pieces of equipment including the reverse
flow melter, mass flow delacquering system, Vortex submerging
equipment and universal scrap melting system. The company is also
involved in the design and installation of refractory systems for
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John R. Gillespie: Died Friday 25th, August 2006, he was 78
years old. He will be missed.
John R. Gillespie, President, who
is responsible for overall general management of the corporation,
now directs the management team. He received his mechanical
engineering education from Washington University in St. Louis. He
began working for the company as a field superintendent and
advanced through the organization to his current position as
President. He has extensive knowledge of high temperature
refractory enclosures and related systems.
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Charles K. Gillespie, Vice President and Chief Engineer, is an
engineering graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, and has a
Masters of Science degree from the University of California at
Berkeley. He joined the company after serving the County Government
and teaching at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a
registered Professional Engineer in the State of Missouri and
Illinois. His association with numerous engineering societies and his
experience in public services, prior to assuming his position with
Gillespie + Powers, Inc., has provided an ideal background for our
engineering and sales endeavors.
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Former Vice President-Sales, Thomas H.
Ferber attended the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla,
Missouri. Prior to his joining our staff he was associated with
refractory and combustion equipment manufacturing companies in
production, engineering and sales. He began his employment with Gillespie + Powers, Inc. in 1965 as a Sales Representative.
Please Note: Tom Ferber has retired from
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Recently appointed as Vice President, Jon R.
Gillespie joined the company in 1980 as a brick mason. He attended St.
Louis University and majored in mechanical engineering. His
considerable experience in all phases of the operation, and his youth,
will serve as a basis of continuing the management of Gillespie +
Powers, Inc. well into the future.
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