kelly springfield tire company type subsidiary industry manufacturing founded springfield ohio 1894 founder edwin kelly and arthur grant headquarters akron ohio united states products tires parent goodyear tire and rubber company website www.kellytires.com the kelly springfield tire company is an american manufacturer of tires for motor vehicles it was founded in springfield ohio by edwin kelly and arthur grant in 1894 . contents 1 formation 2 name changes 3 references 4 external links formation edit edwin kelly originally called the company the rubber tire wheel company because it made rubber carriage wheels . arthur grant was issued us 554675 a patent for his solid rubber tire in a rim channel . the tire was held on the wheel by two longitudinal wires embedded in the rubber and forming a circle of smaller circumference than the tire . the tire was an instant success because the rubber stayed on the wheel and the compound was of good quality . name changes edit kelly springfield tire company plant in akron ohio c. 1920 1915 kelly springfield tire ad from a kentucky newspaper . the company was sold to the mcmillin group in 1899 for 1 million . 1 arthur grant received 166 000 in stock and 33 000 in cash for his share of the company . the mcmillin group renamed the new company consolidated rubber tire company and it continued under that name until 1914 . the name kelly springfield tire company was given to the new york city sales subsidiary in 1911 . consolidated s name was changed in 1914 . the was added to the front of the name in 1932 and it became the kelly springfield tire company . manufacturing was done at a plant in akron ohio and another plant was bought in wooster ohio in 1915 and used until 1921 . the growth of the company continued until the president van cartwell decided to build a new plant in cumberland maryland . an agreement was signed on november 4 1916 details of which called for the city of cumberland to provide a free 81 acre 33 ha site and 750 000 toward construction of the plant . the city of cumberland also agreed to make improvements for roads water and sewerage lines and other essential construction . in turn once operating the plant began to employ over 3 000 people and had a production capacity of five times the production capacity of the company until that point . the first tire was built on april 2 1921 . the kelly springfield tire company was sold in 1935 to the goodyear tire and rubber company and edmund s. burke became president . he served as president from 1935 until 1959 . the company operated as a wholly owned subdivision . the company continued to grow until 1962 when it added a new plant in tyler texas . another plant was built in 1963 at freeport illinois and the third plant in 1969 in fayetteville north carolina . after 66 years of operation the cumberland plant was closed in 1987 . in that same year the lee tire and rubber company came under the control of kelly springfield . in november 1987 the corporate offices were moved to a new facility on willowbrook road in cumberland . the original plant site was returned to the city . in 1994 the kelly springfield tire company celebrated 100 years . at that time it was the oldest tire company in the united states . in the 1990s kelly springfield was absorbed by parent company goodyear and moved its corporate headquarters to akron ohio . references edit kelly springfield tires . tire information world.com . retrieved 2013 10 22 . external links edit historic american engineering record haer no . md 103 kelly springfield tire plant 701 kelly road cumberland allegany county md 6 photos 51 data pages 2 photo caption pages haer no . md 103 a kelly springfield tire plant factory building 28 photos 8 data pages 3 photo caption pages haer no . md 103 b kelly springfield tire plant power house 5 photos 6 data pages 23 photo caption pages haer no . md 103 c kelly springfield tire plant cement house 3 photos 5 data pages 2 photo caption pages haer no . md 103 d kelly springfield tire plant cooling tower 3 photos 5 data pages 2 photo caption pages v t e goodyear tire & rubber company divisions dunlop tyres goodyear aerospace the kelly springfield tire company goodyear dunlop sava tires sponsorships 1988 goodyear nascar 500 akron wingfoots goodyear television playhouse goodyear theatre goodyear polymer center goodyear silents paul whiteman s goodyear revue peoplemover wingfoot express spirit of america cotton bowl classic people charles goodyear fred gampper stanley gault lilly ledbetter frank seiberling ward van orman other black sunday cremaster 1 goodyear arizona goodyear blimp goodyear chimney goodyear dunlop v. brown goodyear mpp goodyear polyglas tire ledbetter v. goodyear tire & rubber co. lilly ledbetter fair pay act of 2009 staran retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the kelly springfield tire company & oldid 744021333 categories history of cumberland md wv msatire manufacturerscompanies based in 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