The day the magazine arrived , I started
right in reading and learning things about Mr. Hickman and his
invention that he patented in 1914. Then about nine pages in,
I hit this paragraph!
As Joe E. Ross who played Sgt. Rupert
Ritzik ,
the Army cook in the Sgt. Bilko
TV show used to say
"I KNEW IT .... I KNEW IT....
I KNEW IT...
In 1925 with the power of the Knapp
Presses and the the power of
a strong infusion of Knapp Capital,
The 10 year old Sea Sled Ltd. became
The Sea Sled Corporation
and got off to a roaring new beginning
Starting Off With Close To 3
Million Dollars In Capital In 1925 ...You Can Buy You A Few Board
Feet Of Mahogany
& Get A Few Boats Built
And increasing it to 4 Million
500 Thousand in one year will keep you afloat for sure
They had $800,000.00 worth of
new orders the first year
&
125 employees in two factories
in Groton & Mystic, Connecticut
Factory photos : Rosenfeld Collection
/ Mystic Seaport Museum
NEXT MEET THE BRAINS BEHIND IT
MR. WILLIAM ALBERT HICKMAN