Plant No. 3 of the Continental Can Company, Incorporated, at Canonsburg, dates back to 1910 when on July third the first machinery was installed. Soon 10,000 cans were being produced in ten hours of operation.  In 1919 the can line equipment was moved to Chicago, and the plant manufactured paper gasket ends.  In 1922 major production changed to covers, and in 1925 Plant No. 3 became a service plant to other plants.  Five lacquer ovens were installed in 1943, and since then the plant has been supplying lacquered plate for its own end production and for consumption in other plants.  The
factory has grown from the two-room building in 1910 to a seven-room plant in 1941.  Production has grown from five million in 1924 to over two billion in 1945, this production being made up entirely of ends for packer's cans.
     Canonsburg has an average of 425 employees on a full-time basis.  The 1945 production record could not have been met if it were not for the spirit that prevails throughout the plant.  Factory Manager John A. McKee looks proudly over his organization and regards highly all employees who have helped attain the high quality and high maximum production.

Present key personnel includes: (1947)
John A. McKee-Factory Manager
Ira Underkoffler-Master Mechanic
Charles Kriss-Production Planning and Scroll Shear Foreman
William Perring-Day Production Foreman of End-making Dep't
Steve Churray-Night Foreman of Endmaking Dep't
Walter Johnson-Foreman of Lacquer Dep't
Ray Rasel-Foreman of Shipping Dep't
Paul Redinger-Manager of Industrial Relations
George Atkinson-Plant Accountant
Wallace Richards--Foreman