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Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co.

During World II, the company continued to make diesel engines under the HOR brand. Many powerplants for U.S. Submarines and liberty ships were supplied by HOR powerplants and they ranked 91st among US corporations for the value of World War II military production contracts. However, the HOR engines became so notorious for causing problems that all submarines with HOR engines were replaced by early 1943.

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Hooven, Owens, and Rentschler Co. succeeded Owens, Ebert & Dryer after they went into receivership in 1876. After merging with the iron works fire of Sohn and Rentschler, George A. Rentschler, J. C. Hooven, Henry C. Sohn, George H. Helvey, and James E. Campbell changed the name to Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co. Manufacture of the Corliss steam engines began in 1883 and produced a total of 700 by 1901. The company operated the largest exclusive Corliss Engine plant in the country by World War I, which employed nearly 800 men. 1928 brought a merger with the Niles Tool Works to form the General Machinery Company

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