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[ 0 => '{{Short description|New York USA lead company}}', 1 => '{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}', 2 => '', 3 => '{{Infobox company', 4 => '| name = Flemm Lead Company', 5 => '| logo = ', 6 => '| logo_size = ', 7 => '| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]', 8 => '| industry = [[Lead]]', 9 => '| defunct = 1970s', 10 => '| founder = John Flemm', 11 => '| location_city = [[Long Island City]], [[Queens]], New York City', 12 => '| location_country = United States', 13 => '| key_people = John Flemm (founder, chairman and president)', 14 => '| products = {{plain list|', 15 => '* [[Lead pipes]], [[lead paint]], [[Die-cast toy|lead toys]], [[lead glass]], and other lead based products', 16 => '}}', 17 => '}}', 18 => '', 19 => 'The '''Flemm Lead Company''' was a [[lead]] [[smelting]] and [[manufacturing]] company based in New York.', 20 => '', 21 => '==History==', 22 => 'The Flemm Lead Company was established by John Flemm in [[Long Island City]], Queens, New York City, New York.<ref name=dr>{{Cite news |date=October 5, 1949 |title=Highlands Man Explains Drop In Pig Lead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-record-highlands-man-explains/161542071/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|The Daily Record]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 27, 1928 |title=Queens Chamber Gains 22 More Members In Drive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-queens-chamber-gains-22-m/161553092/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle]] |language=en}}</ref>', 23 => '', 24 => 'In addition to its headquarters in New York, Flemm Lead operated facilities in [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Michigan]] through its [[subsidiary]], the Detroit Lead Pipe Works Company.<ref name=dr/><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 19, 1958 |title=Rest Home Variance Out; Project Stalled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register-rest-home-variance-ou/161535478/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal|The Daily Register]] |language=en}}</ref>', 25 => '', 26 => 'In 1938, a vehicle "ran into the rear" of a Flemm Lead truck, driven by Joseph E. Voketitis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 8, 1938 |title=2 Autos Collide At Pelham Depot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-2-autos-collide-at-pe/161556336/ |newspaper=Mount Vernon Argus |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en}}</ref>', 27 => '', 28 => 'In 1941, Flemm Lead was noted by the [[United States Department of Commerce]] as an "acceptor" of the voluntary commercial [[standardization|standard]] for lead pipes, proposed by the [[Lead Industries Association]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lead Pipe |url=https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/CS/cs95-41.pdf |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=nist.gov |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en}}</ref> ', 29 => '', 30 => 'In 1943, the [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]] awarded the Flemm Lead Company the American Red Cross Award for contributions to the 1943 American Red Cross War Fund.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1943 |title=Red Cross Cites 16 Queens Firms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-red-cross-cites-16-queens/161556177/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle]] |language=en}}</ref>', 31 => '', 32 => 'The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] designated a [[List of Superfund sites in New York|superfund site]] for Flemm Lead's location in Long Island City; requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Superfund Site Information |url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/CurSites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206669 |access-date=2024-12-26 |agency=[[EPA]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>P.L. 96-510, {{USC|42|9601|9675}}), December 11, 1980.</ref>', 33 => '', 34 => '==References==', 35 => '{{Reflist}}', 36 => '', 37 => '[[Category:Defunct companies based in New York City]]', 38 => '[[Category:Superfund sites in New York (state)]]', 39 => '[[Category:Metals monopolies]]', 40 => '[[Category:Defunct companies of Puerto Rico]]', 41 => '[[Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit]]', 42 => '[[Category:Defunct manufacturing companies of the United States]]' ]