Bryant Electric Company

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The Bryant Electric Company was a manufacturer of wiring devices, electrical components, and switches founded by Waldo C. Bryant in 1888 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. The company was purchased by Westinghouse Electric in 1901 and continued operation as the Bryant Electric subsidiary of Westinghouse. By 1928, Bryant sold over 4,000 different products and eventually became the world's largest plant devoted to the manufacture of wiring devices. As part of a larger process of regional deindustrialization, Westinghouse shut down the Bryant Electric plant in 1988. The closing exacerbated the neighborhood's already bleak economic situation. Westinghouse sold its remaining interests in Bryant Electric to the Hubbell Corporation in 1991. Bryant's 20 building, 6-acre site in Bridgeport's West End was torn down in 1996 to make way for a new industrial park.