- Leich Electric
Leich Electric began as the Cracraft-Leich Electric Company, which was result of the merger of the Advance Electric Company and the Eureka Electric Company. The name was changed to the Leich Electric Co. in 1917.It was located in
Genoa, Illinois in 1903, although its predecessors had been located inMcCordsville, Indiana andChicago, Illinois . [ [http://www.collectorville.com/fone_mfg_le.htm Leich telephones and more from collectorville.com ] ]Leich Electric manufactured telephone sets, and later produced small crosspoint telephone switches for the independent telephone companies. It was purchased by GTE in
1950 .References
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