C E Clarke & Son, Inc

Specialties

Wholesale distribution of casters, wheels, hand trucks, dollies, carts, pallet jacks, dock equipment, cargo equipment, storage and shelving equipment, and other materials handling equipment. We specialize in custom caster solutions to meet even the most demanding applications.

History

Established in 1924.

We have been supplying Virginia, and other surrounding states with industrial casters, furniture casters, stainless steel casters, pneumatic casters, and institutional casters since 1924. Originally setup as a woodworking mill, C.E. Clarke & Son, Inc. began to repair and rebuild wooden cylinders of commercial laundry machines. In the process of doing most of the woodwork for the commercial laundries, it was often necessary to furnish casters for much of the rolling equipment in the laundries. In 1939, the Darnell Caster Line was taken on as a source of supply for this need.

During World War II, C.E. Clarke & Son, Inc. furnished Darnell casters for the wooden bomb and torpedo cradles that they built for the Yorktown Naval Mine Depot. After the war, wooden laundry cylinders were being replaced with those of stainless steel. C.E. Clarke & Son was not setup for metal fabrication, so focus shifted from woodworking to the distribution of casters and wheels.