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The History
of Emmett Joseph Culligan in Porter, Minnesota
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Emmett J. Culligan |
Did
you know that the first Culligan Water softener was built in
Porter, Minnesota? Emmett J. Culligan is the founder and
inventor of the Culligan Water Softening Company, now known as
Culligan International. Mr. Culligan spent his life during the
1930's living on his estate on the Northeast side of Porter,
during which time the town was experiencing great development.
The Culligan Manor stood as a great landmark in Porter, known as
one of the grandest homes of its time. Unfortunately Porter lost
this landmark during one of the worst blizzards of the horrid
winter of 1969, when the house burned to the ground, as firemen
could do nothing to get through the monstrous snow drifts to get
to it.
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