Eliphalet Remington - Wikipedia

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"Remington Arms Company, LLC is an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition in the United States. It was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, as E. Remington and Sons. Remington is America's oldest gun maker and "It's America's oldest factory that still makes its original product-guns."
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1. Daguerreotype of Eliphalet Remington II
2. Eliphalet Remington II and sons.
3. Remington Arms Co. Inc plant at Ilion, NY
4. Remington revolvers.

1. Background from britannica.com/biography/Eliphalet-Remington
"Eliphalet Remington Entrepreneur
Born October 28, 1793 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States
Also Known For : Inventor
Died On : August 12, 1861
"Founded as a rifle-barrel-manufacturing firm in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington II—whose father operated a forge at Illion Gultch, New York—the company that would become E. Remington & Sons in 1865 (and later Remington U.M.C. [1910] and the Remington Arms Company[1934]) became one of leading commercial and military arms makers in the United States. In 1828 Remington built a factory beside the Erie Canal at the present site of Ilion, New York, where he and his son Philo pioneered many improvements in arms manufacture, including the first successful cast-steel drilled rifle barrel manufactured in the United States.

Though Remington died at the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–65), the company he founded made thousands of arms for the Union, notably the “Zouave” percussion rifle and the New Model Army and Navy revolvers. Beginning in 1865–66, E. Remington & Sons was famous for its Joseph Rider-patented single-shot “rolling-block” breech-loading action, which was incorporated in more than 1.5 million military and commercial rifles, carbines, shotguns, and pistols that the conmpany produced over the next four decades

For a time affiliated with Union Metallic Cartridge Company and later with Dupont, Remington vied with Winchester (see Oliver Fisher Winchester) as the premier long-arm and ammunition manufacturer in the United States throughout the 20th century. Among its noted firearms were the Model 870 pump-action shotgun, the Model 700 bolt-action rifle, and the Model 1100 semiautomatic shotgun. In existence for roughly two centuries, Remington is rightly known as “America’s oldest gunmaker.”

2. from Sunsigns.org/famousbirthdays/d/profile/eliphalet-remington/
Eliphalet Remington II was an American entrepreneur and firearm manufacturer. Born on October 28, 1793, he is the founder of E. Remington U.M.C. currently known as Remington Arms Co. LLC. The company has gone under several name change including E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons. The company grew to become one of the leading military and commercial arms manufacturer in the United States. It is known as the oldest firearm manufacturer in the United States.

Early Life
Eliphalet Remington II was born on October 28, 1793, in Suffield, Connecticut in the United States, as the second child of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Kilbourn) Remington. He had three other siblings and was the only son of his parents. His father was a blacksmith and growing up young Remington became very interested in the profession and later joined his father in the trade. He started working at a family owned rural forge in Ilion, Herkimer County, New York.

Career

The Beginning of Remington Company
Working with his father at the forge, Eliphalet Remington II manufactured a flintlock rifle by using a firing mechanism he had bought from a gunsmith but made the barrel himself. The hand-made riffle gained the attraction of many, and with high demand, he decided to manufacture in commercial quantity. He then founded the riffle-barrel manufacturing company in 1816. Remington started working with his first son Philo and in 1828, built a factory near the Erie Canal, presently in Ilion, New York.
Together with his son, Eliphalet Remington II made several improvements in the arms they produced including manufacturing the first cast-steel dried riffle barrel in the United States. During the 1940’s at age 47, all his three sons became involved in the family business leading renaming of the company to E. Remington and Sons. He headed the company until his death in 1861. During the outbreak of the American Civil War, the company made thousands of arms for the Union Army. The company became very successful and commercially viable becoming Remington U.M.C in 1910.
By 1935, it had become Remington Arms Company, one of the leading arms manufacturing company in the United States. Some of the notable firearms produced by the company include the Model 1100 semiautomatic shotgun, the Model 700 bolt-action rifle and the Model 870 pump-action shotgun among others.

Personal Life
Eliphalet Remington married Abigail Paddock with whom he had three sons. They include Eliphalet Remington III, Philo Remington, and Samuel Remington. All the children followed in the footsteps of their father into the family business. Remington died on August 12, 1861, in Ilion, New York"

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