Jacuzzi Brothers
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Jacuzzi Brothers was a Richmond, California, agricultural and swimming pool pump manufacturer with industrial plant in Little Rock, Arkansas. It was known locally as one of the first major industries to enter the market after the disastrous Little Rock Crisis of 1957.
The company was lured to the area following the first private grant of business organization Fifty for the Future. Jacuzzi opened a 175,000 square foot Little Rock plant on Colonel Glenn Road employing 500 people in 1962. It later opened a new plant on MacArthur Drive in North Little Rock. The factory was sold to Franklin Electric Company on October 2, 2004, which continues to manufacture pumps.
References
- James C. Cobb, "The Lesson of Little Rock: Stability, Growth, and Change in the American South," in Understanding the Little Rock Crisis: An Exercise in Remembrance and Reconciliation, eds. Elizabeth Jacoway and C. Fred Williams (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1999), 107-173.
- George Waldon, "Jacuzzi Name Remains an Icon for Family Business, Home Spa," Arkansas Business, February 11, 2008.
