James Jones Walworth and Joseph Nason founded WALWORTH in New York City, dedicated to the manufacturing of heating system for residences and offices by passing warm water through iron pipes.

The first manufacturing plant established in Bake's Court Boston, New England, for the manufacture of iron pipes. The company appears in the Boston directory as an engineering company and iron pipes manufacturer.

The need to control the fluids inside the heating facilities leads the company to develop the first valve systems and its accessories.

Globe Valves design is developed and pattented, which is later optimized for use inside the water, gas and steam industries.

WALWORTH is accredited as the first American company that successfully introduced the steam propelled ventilation system to The United States.

Many maritime transportation companies, as Collins Line, use WALWORTH steam facilities and equipments. In the same year the company began to diversify its products.

WALWORTH is the first company in the United States that developed a strategic plan to introduce steam propelled trough forged iron pipes heating systems in buildings. Pipelines, valves, oil cups, gas pipeline accessories, gas lamps, tubular heaters, gas generators, and others appear among the WALWORTH's principal products.

WALWORTH implements the heating system for the White House during the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

S.J. Peet develops the conical type double disc valve.

Dan Stillson developed the well known Stillson Wrench. The mentioned tool was rapidly worldwide recognized, opening the doors of the international markets for the company.

WALWORTH's facilities in Boston were dynamited after the building was destroyed by a fire. Anyhow, WALWORTH rapidly got recovered and managed to be recognized as a world prestigious company.

The first two-way telephonic conversation took place thanks to WALWORTH's collaboration. Alexander Graham Bell requested permission to WALWORTH to use the telegraph thread and try to establish a conversation. The experiment was a success.

WALWORTH was pioneer in adopting the eight hours labor day, the half day of rest every Saturday, the savings plan for the employees and the first users of the telephone and the typewriter. In the same year, the founder J.J. Walworth died.

Throughout this century WALWORTH was consolidated as one of the most important manufacturing companies of gate, globe and check valves made of different materials as cast steel. The designs include special valves needed by the different sectors as nuclear, maritime, and military industries.

The Company initiates its expansion and acquires the Kewane's Pipes National Company, located in Illinois. Later, it establishes manufacturing plants in Pennsylvania and Alabama.

The Walco pipes wrench is joined to the extensive range of WALWORTH products.

WALWORTH develops valves, harness, pipelines, tools and wrenches for different industries with special designs and applications. Most of the machinery used for the product manufacturing is also made inside WALWORTH's facilities. With this it manages to be consolidated as a company of technological forefront..

A new stage begins in WALWORTH as the company has been acquired by Mexican business men, who invested in the modernization of the manufacturing facilities and equipments. In this stage, it initiates a recovery of the market after a low profile lap due to the situation of the petroleum markets, which in this decade initiate an ascent in its recovery.