In
1933 Lodge #660 was first chartered representing the Machinist at Shell
Oil. Later trade Machinist working at other locations were taken in to
Lodge 660. The next big gain of Machinists membership came in 1944 when
Olin was organized. At that time 3 new Local Lodges were chartered -
(#1654, Production Workers) - ( #1632, Brass Mill) -(#1655, Casting Plant)
- and (#660 represented the Machine Shop).
In 1949 these 4 Local Lodges and Lodge# 1252 which
represented the Auto Mechanics in this area, pooled their resources and
contracted to build the Machinist Center on Shamrock Ave, East Alton Ill.
This provided a central location to collect dues and a place to keep some
of the financial records of the five Local Lodges.
In August 1959 the Grand Lodge merged four of the Local
Lodges into the Lodge #660. Lodge #1252 was later merged with other
Automotive Lodges into Lodge #313, Granite City
Counting our retirees, Lodge 660
has 4,756 members. Today Local Lodge #660 represents
members at 12 different companies:
ALTON MACHINE
WORKS - ALTON
ASF KEYSTONE,
INC - GRANITE CITY
BEALL MANUFACTURING, INC - EAST ALTON
CONOCO PHILLIPS CO. - WOOD RIVER
COOPER B-LINE - HIGHLAND
DOOLING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC - HARTFORD
DUGAN TOOL & DIE, INC - COTTAGE HILLS
GEBCO MACHINE, INC - GRANITE CITY
LENHARDT TOOL & DIE - ALTON
OLIN CORPORATION - EAST ALTON
ROTARY RAM, INC - GODFREY
WARREN G. MURRAY DEVELOPMENT CENTER - CENTRALIA
