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Long a landmark in Woodstock, the name Eltra was painted on the water tower of the Woodstock Die Casting factory. Eltra Corporation owned Woodstock Die Casting from 1963 until Eltra was acquired by Allied Chemical Corporation in 1979.

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Woodstock Manufacturing Corporation of Michigan bought Woodstock Die Casting from Allied Signal Corporation in 1985. After several years of decline, the factory closed on June 29, 1990, resulting in the loss of 757 jobs. The City of Woodstock was…

The old Oliver Typewriter Company office "bungalow" sits alongside the Chicago and North Western railway tracks in front of a new façade of the Woodstock Die Casting factory. The photo was taken shortly before the bungalow was razed as part of a…

This aerial photo is taken from the east and shows the Auto Lite factory in 1962, shortley before a major expansion. Clay Street runs along the side of the factory with the American Legion building at the left. The water tower has Eltra painted on it…

This aerial photo shows the Electric Autolite factory taken from the south in 1960. It is titled the Die Cast site since that is what it has been called since 1997 when it was demolished.

The original Tappan Steam Pump then Oliver Typewriter…