Gillespie and Powers

G illespie & Powers of St. Louis, Missouri, designs, fabricates, installs, and maintains refractory-lined, high-temperature furnace equip- ment for the non-ferrous melting and hazardous waste industries. The family-owned company extends back to 1902, when Gillespie & Daly Construction, a brick and stone ma- son firm begun by John H. Gillespie, completed projects in the St. Louis area with bricks made from the ar- ea’s large, high-quality clay deposits. At that time, the company also supplied the fire clay bricks that were used to contain the coal-fired boilers that provided heat and GILLESPIE & POWERS, INC. FAMILY-OWNED, GLOBALLY-KNOWN GILLESPIE & POWERS, INC.