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North Central Ohio Industrial Museum Our mission is to honor and preserve our area’s rich industrial history and showcase today's manufacturers.

You've got to come out and see the all New Lahm Aviation Museum, located in The Ohio State Reformatory, west administr...
10/08/2026

You've got to come out and see the all New Lahm Aviation Museum, located in The Ohio State Reformatory, west administration wing, on the third floor! This makes six museums for 1 Ticket Price...
Although NCOIM is Not open at this time, they are!

We received these Ideal Electric Company Newsletters, "IDEAL FOLKS"; that were published from May 1943 to December 1944,...
10/06/2026

We received these Ideal Electric Company Newsletters, "IDEAL FOLKS"; that were published from May 1943 to December 1944, during WWII. Due to the difficulty, we only scanned Two Issues; because they're bigger than 8 1/2 x 11 and they're bound in a hard-covered book...
Here's the Story of the Founder, S Glen Vinson:
https://rumble.com/v1ieaxt-stanhope-glenwood-glen-vinson.html

And Mike Vucelic who bought the Ideal Electric Company:
https://rumble.com/vn091d-ncoim-hall-of-fame-mike-vucelic.html

We acquired this Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company Booklet, that explains the Tire Making Process. The first four photos ...
10/02/2026

We acquired this Mansfield Tire & Rubber Company Booklet, that explains the Tire Making Process.
The first four photos are from the Sherman Room of the MRCPL, that explains the Process in 1920s, and this Booklet may be from the 60s...
Here's the video NCOIM produced for the Henne & Hoffman Family's Induction into the Champions of Industry -- Hall of Fame
https://rumble.com/v5e6662-hennes-hoffmans-and-stephens-mansfield-tire-and-rubber.html
And this MT&R story by Tim McKee: https://richlandcountyhistory.com/2020/09/22/the-tire-1912-1979-when-the-road-belonged-to-mansfield/

NCOIM received a nice Donation from the Petee Family, Thank You! Including one Tappan Quarter Century Club Program from ...
09/30/2026

NCOIM received a nice Donation from the Petee Family, Thank You! Including one Tappan Quarter Century Club Program from their 43rd Annual Meeting & Banquet and mostly Westinghouse Artifacts...

Here's the History of the Burch Corp, that was located in Crestline, they Manufactured the Ross Snow Plow, Manhole Cover...
09/30/2026

Here's the History of the Burch Corp, that was located in Crestline, they Manufactured the Ross Snow Plow, Manhole Covers, Farm and Road Implements, Dump Bodies and Hoists: https://www.facebook.com/CrestlineOhioHistoricalSociety/posts/pfbid02EKJcJHU8VeiLuFjuGcDYfFvBiapy6VkVXA9XBjh7Me8sqJq3nJ2UwHvM1G29MNzul

Here are a few photos of their Plow and on Tractors built in Richland, one in Huron County and one in Illinois:
#1 Fate-Root-Heath Plymouth Tractor, which the Plymouth Car Company paid them to stop using and change their name to Silver King: https://rumble.com/v6y90va-champions-of-industry-2025-fate-root-heath.html
#2 The Centaur was manufactured in Greenwich: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=centaur%20tractor%20in%20greenwich%2C%20oh

Thanks to The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building for this June/July 1954 OMAR CARAVAN Newsletter, that features Louis ...
09/21/2026

Thanks to The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building for this June/July 1954 OMAR CARAVAN Newsletter, that features Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm Foundation and Mansfield. This is only part of the Newsletter and there is no Credit to the Author, but it is very well written on Our History.
And, also gives some background on OMAR BAKERY INC. They setup a Branch at 648 Grant Street in 1949, in a WWII Quonset Hut. Then moved to 1092 W 4th Street in 1952 and OMAR went Bankrupt in 1965 and forced to Close All Locations.
After OMAR left, Weidner's opened United Motors and now it's NAPA...
This is a continuation of a Post on Mansfield Memory Project by Bill Myers: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D8hT34Rh2/

Some of you may remember back in the '70s when the Mansfield Art Center published a Day Planner each year... here's a Ca...
09/17/2026

Some of you may remember back in the '70s when the Mansfield Art Center published a Day Planner each year... here's a Calendar they published in 1978, and several of my Friends supplied the Photos... May They RIP!
But what really shocked me, is when I noticed that of their Sponsors, 15 Manufacturers and 52 Retailers, were no longer in Business...

Of all the money, NCOIM has spent, buying back Our Local History, stolen by a former curator... this has to be the best ...
09/09/2026

Of all the money, NCOIM has spent, buying back Our Local History, stolen by a former curator... this has to be the best $22 Investment!

We got 2 Scrapbooks when we bought Lot #327, in Auction #17:
#1 a Family Album of Prosecutor/Attorney George H Blecker and his in-laws, A.E. & A.F. Remy and,
#2 this Day of Celebration, when The Tappan Stove Company was awarded the coveted "Army-Navy E Award"; Courtesy of Ms Florence M Schaus. Who was 23 at the time when she took these photos and kept the Invitation, Program and the MNJ's Four-Page Article on the Day's Events...

Maybe there are Family Members of Ms Schaus still living here or of the other Tappan Employees, featured in her Scrapbook...

NCOIM will Donate this Amazing Pictorial History of that Day (when All Tappan Employees, were Recognized for their Service to Our Military); back to The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, where it was most likely Donated...

Tappan (like all Manufacturers across the Country), stopped all Consumer Products to focus on, over 40 Military Products for the WWII effort. Besides Tappan, only 8 other Local Companies received the "Army-Navy E Award": Westinghouse, Dominion, Hughes-Keenan, Stran-Steel, Mansfield Tire & Rubber, Ohio Brass, Barnes; and the only Manufacturer still in business today, Gorman-Rupp Pumps!

Two months ago, I got an Email from my old friend Norbert Peiker's Daughter... with some very Exciting News! Norb (the f...
09/04/2026

Two months ago, I got an Email from my old friend Norbert Peiker's Daughter... with some very Exciting News!

Norb (the former President of Marr, Knapp & Crawfis Architects) got in touch with me when we opened the NCOIM in 2021, and he wanted me to know about his Ex-Father-in-law, Paul J Kircher. Paul was born in Germany in 1909, came to Mansfield with Westinghouse in 1963, as a Product Design Engineer; with over 50 Patents; and Paul passed away in 1974...

Paul's First Patent was Granted in 1934 for a Scale, while working for The Jacob Brothers Co in Brooklyn, NY. Then Paul moved to LFC - Landers, Frary & Clark in New Britain, CT; who manufactured Small Household Appliances, and Paul was Granted his first Patent there in 1942. Then in 1963, Paul moved to Mansfield, to work as a Design Engineer, in the Small Appliance Division of the Westinghouse Plant. Paul's first Patent for Westinghouse was for an Electric Can Opener and his last Patent in 1971 was for an Electric Saucepan.

Then Norb introduced me to his Children by Email... The Stahl Family sent me three of their Grandfathers Inventions in 2022: a Blender, Electric Toothbrush and Improved Toaster. And then, out of the blue, the Tetzloff Family Emailed... their Mom had passed away in 2021 and had all of her Fathers Patents...
Yes, Six Originals, 44 Copies and the attached photos to go with them; were shipped to NCOIM, it was the first time I'd seen Original Patents! Which will take a prime location, in our Newest Exhibit, "The Hire Family Inventors Corner". In Richland County, we have had over 3,200 Patents Granted...

The Pieker Family was living in Germany and in 1969 was Sponsored by Paul, and moved to Mansfield. Unfortunately, in OCT 2024 Norb passed away after a 28-year battle with matastasized prostate cancer: https://www.richlandsource.com/2024/11/07/column-norbert-peiker-architect-and-marathon-runner-finishes-his-lifes-race/

For more Information on the Current Patent Law, that is hurting the Small US Inventor, please visit their website: https://usinventor.org/call-to-action/

The Sixth and final Champion of Industry for 2026, was Glenn Taylor (1890-1965), the Co-Founder of Taylor-Dise MFG in 19...
09/04/2026

The Sixth and final Champion of Industry for 2026, was Glenn Taylor (1890-1965), the Co-Founder of Taylor-Dise MFG in 1916 and Taylor Metal Products about 1940s. Now with the Fourth Generation, working at the Family Business:
https://rumble.com/v7ezeme-glenn-taylor-champion-of-industry-2026.html

We've already Inducted his son, Dick in 2007: https://rumble.com/vn09qx-ncoim-hall-of-fame-dick-taylor.html

And his grandson, Rick in 2011: https://rumble.com/vn0a17-ncoim-hall-of-fame-rick-taylor.html

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100 Reformatory Road
Mansfield, OH
44905

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+14195288107

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