Flemm Lead Company
{{Short description|New York USA lead company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Flemm Lead Company
| logo =
| logo_size =
| type = Private
| industry = Lead
| foundation = 1927
| defunct = 1970s
| founder = John J. Flemm
| location_city = Long Island City, Queens, New York City
| location_country = United States
| key_people = John Flemm (founder, chairman, and president)
| products = {{plain list|
- Lead pipes, lead paint, lead toys, lead glass, and other lead-based products
}}
}}
The Flemm Lead Company was a lead smelting and manufacturing company based in New York. It was one of the largest lead companies in the United States.
History
In 1927, John J. Flemm established the Flemm Lead Company in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York.{{Cite news |date=November 2, 1950 |title=Highlands Voters To Choose Mayor, Two Councilmen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register-highlands-voters-to-c/166870857/ |newspaper=The Daily Register |access-date=February 28, 2025 }}{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1949 |title=Highlands Man Explains Drop In Pig Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-record-highlands-man-explains/161542071/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=The Daily Record |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=September 27, 1928 |title=Queens Chamber Gains 22 More Members In Drive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-queens-chamber-gains-22-m/161553092/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=Brooklyn Eagle |language=en}}
In addition to its headquarters in New York, Flemm Lead operated facilities in Puerto Rico and Michigan through its subsidiary, the Detroit Lead Pipe Works Company.{{Cite news |date=June 19, 1958 |title=Rest Home Variance Out; Project Stalled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register-rest-home-variance-ou/161535478/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=The Daily Register |language=en}}
In 1941, Flemm Lead was noted by the United States Department of Commerce as an "acceptor" of the voluntary commercial standard for lead pipes, proposed by the Lead Industries Association.{{Cite news |title=Lead Pipe |url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/CS/cs95-41.pdf |website=nist.gov |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en}}
In 1943, the Red Cross awarded the Flemm Lead Company the American Red Cross Award for contributions to the 1943 American Red Cross War Fund.{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1943 |title=Red Cross Cites 16 Queens Firms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-red-cross-cites-16-queens/161556177/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=Brooklyn Eagle |language=en}}
The EPA designated a superfund site for Flemm Lead's location in Long Island City; requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.{{Cite news |title=Superfund Site Information |url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206669 |access-date=2024-12-26 |agency=EPA |language=en}}P.L. 96-510, {{USC|42|9601|9675}}), December 11, 1980.