![]() By 1966 an annex had been opened two blocks away to meet the press of business. In 1962 they moved to a new, modern two-story plant at 32-32 48th Avenue in Long Island City. After the loss of this plant to fire on August 15, 1911, they moved again, this time to 240 West 50th Street, and in September 1921, they built and occupied their own four-story plus basement factory at 321-325 West 50th Street. By 1901 they had moved to 1393-95 Broadway/129 West 38th Street. In the beginning, the firm occupied the Meyerhofer facilities in the old Star Theatre at 842 Broadway, New York City. From its infancy as a firm so small that its proprietors also worked as stagehands to supplement their income, it grew to be one of the largest firms in North America manufacturing lighting and control equipment for the theatre and television stage. ![]() A year later his older brother Johann Kliegl replaced Guendel, and the firm became known as the Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company. Renamed it the Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company. Guendel, purchased the Myerhofer Electric Stage Lighting Company, and The company was founded in 1896 in New York City when a Bavarian immigrant, Anton Kliegl, in ![]() Their eponymous product, the Klieglight, was the trade name for two quite different production lights manufactured by the company, and survives today in both industry argot and in popular idiom as a synonym for "spotlight" or "center of attention". It equipped many major performing venues in the United States and its products were used in several other countries as well. The company had a significant influence in the development of theatrical, cinema, television, and specialty lighting. Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company was an American manufacturer of electrical stage lighting products in the 20th century. An illustration from Kleigl Brothers' 1922 catalog, depicting portable lighting equipment used at Lasky Hollywood Studios
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