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Bryant Electric Company
The Bryant Electric Company was founded by Waldo C. Bryant in 1888 in Bridgeport, CT. Mr. Bryant's invention of the first "push-pull switch" was granted Patent # 391943 on October 30, 1888 and thus began what is today known as, "The Wiring Device Industry". Unprecedented growth soon followed with the dawning of the Age of Electricity. Bryant was purchased by Westinghouse Electric Corporation on April 10, 1901 and became a feeder plant for Westinghouse manufactured appliances. Within five years Bryant became the largest manufacturer of wiring devices in the world. Bryant was purchased by the Hubbell Corporation in March 1991.