Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company

Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company
IndustryZinc industry
Founded1858
FounderF. W. Matthiessen & Edward Hegeler
Defunct1978
HeadquartersLaSalle, Illinois

The Mattheissen and Hegeler (M&H) Zinc Company was a zinc manufacturing company headquartered in LaSalle, Illinois. At one time, the family-owned company was the largest zinc manufacturing plant in the United States. The company brought zinc ore from Wisconsin and Missouri to the coal fields of Northern Illinois. The company and its founders had a large influence in the development of LaSalle & Peru, Illinois.

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