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Rockland, Maine
On April 4, 1893, Bicknell Manufacturing Company was incorporated as the Livingston Manufacturing Company, producing stone cutting tools for Maine’s coastal and island quarries, which, at the time, led the nation in the production of granite. Fred J. Bicknell served as its first general manager, from 1893 to his retirement in 1927. Under his leadership, the firm acquired several smaller companies and expanded both its product line and sales throughout the country. Putnam P. Bicknell succeeded his father as
As Maine’s coastal and island granite quarry production had begun to diminish, a southern sales outlet for stone tools and supplies was opened in Elberton, Georgia in 1930. Prompt shipments of its products are made from the largest inventory of stone cutting tools and supplies in the country. Manufacturing and sales also, continued in Rockland, Maine. Upon Putnam Bicknell’s retirement from the company in 1950, his son’s William and David Bicknell, took over management of the company. Under their leadership,