Aerospace Factory Finds Niche in Manhattan

Credit: COX & CO.
Shortly after World War II, entrepreneur Duncan Cox launched a business to make heater tape to prevent freezing of irrigation pipes used in the potato fields of Long Island, N.Y. Cox hailed from a wealthy family, and lore has it that two of his acquaintances--aviation pioneers Howard Hughes and...

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