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Re: C+P
From: UNK
Date: 2004 Mar 20, 16:07 -0500
From: UNK
Date: 2004 Mar 20, 16:07 -0500
To add my two cents to Kieren and Robert's explaination of C. Plath's relationship to Cassens & Plath, there was a similar situation with Weems & Plath of Washington, DC (later Annapolis, MD). After World War II, C. Plath went through a very difficult rebuilding period. With the decline of German shipping, they looked to gain a foothold in the US market. In 1953 they formed a partnership with P.V.H. Weems to sell C. Plath sextants and compasses, calling the venture Weems & Plath. Since the US Navy would not purchase foreign-made instruments, Lowe, Inc., of New York was contracted to build sextants under license from C. Plath and bearing the Weems & Plath name. The US Navy Mark III sextant was a Lowe-built Plath. -- Peter
