Belton, TX, United States
Site of the Central Manufacturing Co.. A Scotsman, Robert Naismith (1859-1939), founded the Central Manufacturing Co. in a two-story building on this lot in 1893. Using equipment originally powered by steam, he supplied and repaired machine parts for the Belton area. The company also did iron work a
nd blacksmithing and each summer cleaned the city water supply standpipe. Two of Naismith's sons, Robert and Willie, operated the business until 1961. They then made the property available for a city
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