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ruled it was considered a manufacturing company for regulatory purposes. Ogden maintained Case as a subsidiary known as the Case
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Whitney A. Case's death in 1892. His son and successor, Whitney G. Case expanded into the plumbing and household markets, and by 1910 the company had expanded to become the largest supplier of copper engineers’
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