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'''Clayton Mark and Company''' was a manufacturer of steel pipe and water well supplies located in [[Evanston, Illinois]].<ref>Smith, S.H.; Mark,S (2011). https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ssj/article/view/13413</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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Clayton Mark founded Clayton Mark and Company in 1900 in Evanston to manufacture wrought steel pipe and water well supplies.<ref>"Clayton Mark Firm is Leader in Industry". ''Evanstonian Review.'' 26 July 1945.</ref> Clayton Mark, along with his four sons Clarence Mark, Clayton Mark, Cyrus Mark, and Griffith Mark held various positions in the firm and made it a driver of Evanston's economy.<ref name=world>"Clayton Mark Products Used Throughout the World". ''Evanstonian Review'' 1953-05-07.</ref> It was the single largest employer in the city, with overall sales exceeding $10,000,000 a year.<ref name=world /> Clayton Mark products were sold throughout the United States and many countries worldwide.<ref name=world /> For example, Mark's forged steel unions (high pressure fittings) were used in oil wells from Texas to Arabia.<ref name=world /> The steel tubing manufactured at Clayton Mark and Company was used in the making of furniture, automobiles, and bicycles whose market was worldwide.<ref name=world /> Mark conduit was used in house construction for the conduction of electrical wiring.<ref name=world /> The firm's water well systems, supplies, and devices were used for pumping water out of the ground in rural districts around the globe.<ref name=world /><br />
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Clayton Mark also co-founded with his father Cyrus the Mark Manufacturing Company in Northwest Indiana. In addition, he founded [[Marktown]], a planned worker community to house its employees in [[East Chicago, Indiana]].<ref>Smith,S.H.; Mark, S (2011). https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ssj/article/view/13413 ''South Shore Journal 4''</ref><ref>"Marktown Historic District". http://marktown.org/Retrieved{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 14 November 2011.</ref><br />
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