Eichleay Engineers

Eichleay Engineers Inc
Type engineering
Founded 1875
Founder(s) John P. Eichleay, Jr.
Headquarters Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Website http://www.eichleay.com

Eichelay Engineers is a United States engineering firm.

History

The firm was founded in the nineteenth century in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by John P Eichleay. It became known for moving entire structures intact.[1]

Notable Employees

The firm at one time employed Andy Warhol's father.[2] It also provided a day job to the cartoonist Scott McDaniel, prior to his full time work in cartooning.

References

  1. ^ "John P. Eichelay". New York Times. 29 November 1940. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C13FF3F5C10728DDDA90B94D9415B8088F1D3&scp=1&sq=Eichleay&st=cse. Retrieved May 23, 2009. 
  2. ^ Bockris, Victor (2003). Warhol: the biography. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 16,29.