Items from Former Ames Lawn And Garden Put Up For Online Auction
(Cumberland County, PA) -- Items from the former Ames lawn and garden company in Harrisburg will be put up for sale at an on-line auction next month. The company that was established in 1774 closed its factories in Harrisburg and Hampden Township in early December. Its parent-company, the Griffon Corporation, also closed the longtime Ames wheelbarrow factory in Harrisburg in October. Items from the factory in Hampden Township include metal fabrications, overhead bridge cranes, molding machines, saws, stamping presses, and tempering furnaces. The auction items can be checked out at a public viewing before the auction on February 21st and 22nd.