History » The 1940s

1942
	Production begins at the Marley plant in Stockton, California. The new plant provides greater wood fabricating capability than was possible at the Fairfax plant and also is ideally situated for exporting through the Port of Stockton.
Early 1940s
	A Backe publication shows natural draft cooling towers growing taller as energy demand rises. Starting originally with a height of 20 meters, cooling towers are built today with heights in excess of 200 meters.
1943-4
	Marley contributes to the war effort by installing seven cooling towers at the Manhattan Project in New Mexico leading to the creation of the first atomic bomb.
Mid-1940s
	Utility power plants in the Rhine-Ruhr region are increasingly equipped with mechanical draft cooling towers of the “coffee mill” type.
1946
Marley introduces the Type H fan with cast aluminum blades in sizes ranging from 60" to 240".
1947
	The Marley Aquatower® is introduced, the basic concept of which — though much improved upon and expanded — remains in the company's line today.
1949
Production begins early in the year at the new Marley plant in Louisville, Kentucky and the company holds its first sales conference.

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