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'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes''''' | '''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes''''' | ||
[[Sparta Industries]] is based in Sparta, NC. It was created in the 1940s by David and Paul Lavietes, and originally called D&P Pipeworks. It began production in 1943 and at the end of the 1950s [[Dr. Grabow]] took it over. At the end of the 1970s Sparta became one of the biggest pipe makers in the USA, and the Dr. Grabow brand was the number one in sales in the country. Today it makes various brands, producing over a million pipes a year, perhaps the largest amount from just one factory. | |||
The company was bought in the 1990s by [[Lane, Ltd.]], a giant in the North American distribution sector. It produces and represents various brands, such as [[Aldo Velani]], [[Alpha]], [[Barontini | The company was bought in the 1990s by [[Lane, Ltd.]], a giant in the North American distribution sector. It produces and represents various brands, such as [[Aldo Velani]], [[Alpha]], [[Cesare Barontini]], and [[Mastercraft]]. | ||
<gallery widths=225 caption="Former Dr. Grabow pipe factory on Highway 21 in Sparta, North Carolina"> | |||
File:Grabow6-15-2020a.jpg | File:Grabow6-15-2020a.jpg | ||
File:Grabow6-15-2020b.jpg | File:Grabow6-15-2020b.jpg | ||
File:Grabow6-15-2020c.jpg | File:Grabow6-15-2020c.jpg | ||
File:Grabow6-15-2020d.jpg | File:Grabow6-15-2020d.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Contact Information == | |||
[[Sparta Industries]] | |||
1731 US Highway 21 South | |||
Sparta, NC 28675 | |||
Telephone: 910-372-5529 | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: United States]] | [[Category: United States]] | ||