Joel Cadbury joined the firm, forming Cooper, Jones, and Cadbury. […]
1862
Thomas J. Jones, a master bricklayer, joined Cooper as a junior partner in the firm Cooper and Jones. He assumed full control of a new phase of business – manufacturing sanitary fixtures and other plumbing materials. […]
1858
Indoor plumbing was decades away from being the norm. One enterprising individual, William S. Cooper, decided to invest his life savings of $200 to start a business grinding key stops for plumbers in Philadelphia. […]