Established in 1869
Lowell,

• 1869 Established in
• patented a metal cartridge
  – Joe  Meigs
• primarily cartridges, paper-shot-shells, and primers
• 1875
• July 1903  explosion killed 22 employees and nearby residents
  – injuring more than 70
• 1910s constructed  brick factory buildings
  – along Lawrence Street and the Wamesit Canal
• 1911 National Lead Company purchased an interest
• 1915 a number of work stoppages because of the American Federation of Labor
• Sept 1915 largest strike in the firm’s history
• 1917, U.S. Cartridge, inundated with orders for munitions from the United States
  military and its allies in World War I
•  His Majesty’s government pay in advance to guaranteed the British ammo supply
• 1918 National Lead Company bought half the shares
• 1922 family sold its remaining interest in the company to National Lead
• 1926 National Lead Company also owned Winchester Repeating Arms Company
• 1926 cartridge manufacturing machinery was moved to New Haven, CT
• January 1, 1927 – U.S. Cartridge closed 

U.S. Cartridge Company