July 12, 1901, is the date when founder Albert C. Brown set up shop on Chicago's west side to produce OEM faucets, lamp shade frames, gas regulator valves and oil burner tips and nozzles.
That's the date in 1901 when founder Albert C. Brown set up shop on Chicago's west side to produce OEM faucets, lamp shade frames, gas regulator valves and oil burner tips and nozzles. By 1911, demand for the company's plumbing products had grown to the point where it began marketing them under its own name, and distributing its expanding line through wholesale plumbing supply houses.
In 1913, Chicago Faucets made a major breakthrough in faucet design with Brown's patented Quaturn cartridge. It was a replaceable, completely self-contained operating cartridge with the ability to turn water flow off from full flow with one-quarter turn of the faucet handle. The Quaturn also introduced the principle of closing with, rather than against, the pressure of water flow, reducing washer wear, virtually eliminating drips and making the life of the faucet body itself almost limitless.