Seaman John Nooter sails from Amsterdam. Experience in high-rigging on sea ships prompts John Nooter to take a job as a rigger for John O’Brien Boiler Works in St. Louis.
The John Nooter Boiler Works Company is founded. Profits from painting lead to the purchase of a sheet-metal bending roll and John Nooter begins a fabricating stacks and repairing boilers.
Tom Ryan leaves his position with the John O’Brien Boiler Works Company to work with his old friend, John Nooter, to erect a very large stack on the Old Lindell Hotel in St. Louis.
John Eschmann, Sr., a boilermaker and rigger, joins the John Nooter Boiler Works Company.
The John Nooter Boiler Works Company opens a shop on Main Street in St. Louis.
St. Louis World’s Fair
John Nooter Boiler Works Company begins manufacturing their signature horizontal return tubular boilers.
John Nooter Boiler Works Company erects a new plant at 1400 South Second Street, site of the current Nooter Construction headquarters.
First electric welding machine is purchased by Nooter.
Charles Lindbergh completes the first trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, financed by St. Louis businesses.
Founder John Nooter passes away. Harry Nooter assumes office of the President.
John Nooter Boiler Works Company is awarded the Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in the production of tanks for the culturing of life-saving penicillin, the construction of equipment for the synthetic rubber, 100-octane gasoline and explosive industries.
The John Nooter Boiler Works Company breaks ground on the final phase of their enormous plant in downtown St. Louis.
The John Nooter Boiler Works Company changes its name to the Nooter Corporation.
The Metallizing division of the Nooter Corporation becomes St. Louis Metallizing and moves into its new facility at 625 S. Sarah in St. Louis.
Nooter and Missouri Boiler merge.
Nooter Corporation crafts incubation tanks for the mass production of the polio vaccine.
Local 27 Boilermakers build a solid-gold tank as part of the first “portable” nuclear power plant. Metal for the tank and caps cost $14,000 (over $122,600 in 2015 dollars).
Nooter Corporation constructs one of the nation’s first polysonic wind tunnels for McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.
With McDonnell Aircraft, Nooter constructs four experimental space capsules for NASA’s Project Mercury.
Nooter completes our first refinery tower job in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Nooter begins using high-frequency sound to test for invisible flaws in construction of vessels for the nuclear industry.
Nooter breaks records, constructing a 133-foot high prill tower in nine weeks.
Nooter contracted by U.S. Navy to construct deep diving titanium submarine hulls.
A total of 5400 of feet of rolled and welded plate pipe is constructed by Nooter to form the caisson section of the Popular Street bridge, crossing the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
Nooter Corporation constructs a barge loading facility on the Mississippi River, near the main plant, between Rutger and Miller Streets.
Nooter becomes one of the leading manufacturer of commercial brewing equipment with the introduction of Anheuser-Busch’s stainless steel STRAINMASTER.
St. Louis Arch is completed.
Nooter builds world’s largest acid plant in Louisiana.
Unidynamics and Boeing tap Nooter craftsmen to construct the stainless steel foils for the Tucumcari Hydrofoil for the United States Navy.
Nooter begins constructing Monsanto’s Enviro-Chem equipment for pollution control.
Nooter Corporation celebrates its 80th birthday while the nation celebrates the Bicentennial.
Nooter Corporation implements its first computer-aided design system run by this room-sized computer system
Nooter Corporation opens new field facilities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Research & Development Building is completed by Nooter for training welders and developing new and productive welding equipment and techniques.
At 186 feet long and over 545,000 pounds, a 13-foot-diameter tower breaks all records for the largest shipment ever to leave St. Louis by rail.
The largest vessel ever to be post weld treated (stress relieved) by Nooter is erected in New Augusta, Mississippi.
Nooter relocates Baton Rouge regional facility to Beaumont, Texas.
Nooter develops one of the industry’s first mobile field testing lab for welding.
Nooter receives “E Star” Award for exporting by the United States Department of Commerce.
A 120,000 pound reactor vessel fabricated by Nooter is shipped overseas to BP Chemical in England using the world’s largest cargo plane, the AN-124 Ruslan.
Both the Missouri and Mississippi overflow their banks, creating one of the worst floods in St. Louis history.
Nooter develops revolutionary new process used in the fabrication of stainless steel polymerization
Nooter ships 520-ton ethylene oxide reactor to China.
Nooter celebrates its 100th Anniversary.
Nooter creates a specialized “clean room” used to reduce weld contamination on specialty fabrication projects.
Nooter awarded the first ever ASME Division 3 Stamp Accreditation.
Nooter purchases Schoeller Bleckmann Apparatetechnik GmbH in Austria.
Nooter participates in the construction of one of the first facilities to produce fine paper grades from recycled materials.
Nooter joins with St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company to develop a specialized rail car used to transport the largest turbine in power generation history.
Nooter completes impressive turnaround in Puerto Rico’s remote Sun Oil Refinery.
Boeing and Raytheon tap Nooter for fabrication of the Delta IV Launch Complex Ground Support System at NASA’s Cape Canaveral Air Station.
Nooter subsidiary Pressline Services performs the country’s first major metropolitan newspaper 50-inch web reduction.
Nooter/Eriksen erect 2 HRSG’s for Kvaerner.
Nooter Construction Power Services secures maintenance contract for PSEG.
Nooter Construction replaces regenerator head, cyclones, piping, and 3rd stage separator for Conoco.
Tosco FCCU Revamp
Nooter/Eriksen erects 3 HRGSs.
Sunoco FCCU Upgrade
Nooter Construction completes Sunoco Sulfur Recovery Unit Expansion
Nooter Construction completes the first ever super module replacement.
Repaired header in #7 Boiler and re-tube boiler condenser #4.
Nooter Construction constructs the Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Unit of Sunoco
Conducted Precipitator maintenance and constructed additional platforms to the side of the First Energy unit.
Valero ALKY Revamp and expansion project conducted on the west coast by Nooter Refinery Services. The project included setting 40 vessels, one that weighed 413,000 lbs. and one that weighed 213,000. Nooter also installed roughly 50,000 lift of piping.
Nooter Refinery Services conducts a Crude Unit turnaround in St. Paul.
Nooter Refinery Services completes a NSR project by removing existing equipment to make room for installation of a new waste heat boiler, SCR unit, Wet Gas Scrubber and all new duct work.
Nooter Construction is awarded COC for Fossil and Hydro Stations in the Northeast.
Nooter Construction completes its largest project to date: A FCCU Revamp requiring 1 million man-hours.
Nooter Construction erects two SDA vessels and 4 additional tanks and 1 set of Lime Day Silos and 1 waste ash silo with stiffener rings for Dynegy. The SDA vessels were 54′ in diameter and 130′ tall.
Nooter Construction completes first Electrical Services project – a Crude Heater Revamp for Valero
Nooter Power Services replaces 2 air heater baskets and rotors at a Missouri Power Generating station
Nooter Refinery Services conduct major upgrade to Alky unit located in Southern California. The project included piping, structural steel, electrical and exchanger installation.
Nooter Refinery Services conducts a Sunoco FCCU turnaround.
Nooter Construction completes ConocoPhillips Crude Heater Revamp
Nooter Construction helps restart the Delaware City Refinery
Nooter Construction removes and replaces a Waste Heat Boiler that was approximately 8′ in diameter and 80′ long.
Nooter Construction conducts a major FCC turnaround for Husky, in Lima, OH. The project included the replacing the regen head and cyclones, air grid, and spent cat distributor. The project included major structural steel upgrades to the FCC structure and the addition of a Waste
Nooter Construction erects 2 SDA vessels and 4 additional tanks and 2 sets of Lime Day Silos with stiffener rings. The SDA vessels were 54′ in diameter and 130′ tall.
Nooter Construction is awarded the PBF Energy Maintenance Contract at the Delaware City Refinery.
Nooter Construction with AMEX Nooter conducts repairs piping repairs for BP Whiting.
Nooter Construction removes and replaces furnace upturn elbow at Illinois Steel Plant.
Nooter Construction with Nooter/Eriksen conducts repairs to HRSG that was damaged during hydro testing. Repairs included the removal and replacement of LP and IP system components and the replacement of a Deaerator Tank, Low Pressure Drum, Intermediate Pressure Drum, 8″ steam outlet line and a
Nooter Construction restarts the Area 6 Platformer for Monroe Energy.
Nooter Power Services installs new SOFA Air registers, replaced 25 final super heat pendants and rebuilt 2 feed water heaters for Ameren.
Nooter Construction is awarded “Key Contractor Award” for recognition of performance during Florida Power and Light’s Turkey Point Condenser Change out project.
Nooter Construction extends Power Services into New England.
Nooter Refinery Services installs 2 waste heat boilers for BP Whiting.
Nooter Refinery Services replaces existing regen air grid distribution system with new design, this project was challenging in that all materials had to pass through existing manway.
Nooter Construction constructs first crude oil railcar offloading operation in the Northeast.
Nooter Construction takes on concrete restoration and repair as part of COC contract at Hydro Stations.
Nooter Construction takes the lead on EPC contract for Monroe Energy JetMax Project
Nooter Refinery Services conducts ExxonMobil FCCU turnaround and pre-assembly of a new reactor, regen head and cyclones.
Nooter Construction takes part in revolutionizing the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex with Phase I of the Mariner East Project.
Nooter Construction completes the construction of two Invenergy HRSG Units that were partially completed in 2002. Project was challenging due to the 5B Gr2 P-91 material.
Nooter Construction takes part in revolutionizing the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex with Phase I of the Mariner East Project.
Nooter Construction Refinery Services moves and replace BP Whiting FCU 600.
Replaced two Polysonic Wind Tunnel stilling chamber screens for Boeing originally constructed by Nooter Construction in 1954.
Nooter Construction is awarded pump station work for the Mariner East Pipeline.
Nooter Construction Refinery Services completes the replacement of six Coke Drums and seismic structural steel upgrades for a large west coast refinery.
Removal of existing process heater and then installation of new heat exchanger.
Nooter Construction completes the C-5 Gasoline Splitter at the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex.
Removal of existing process heater and then install new heat exchanger.
Nooter Refinery Services performed pipe and tank repairs for the first phase of an ethanol to biodiesel conversion project.
Nooter Power Services completes the replacement of the Ameren Final Superheat Header and 141 FSH pendants during a fall 2014 Main Boiler outage.
Nooter teams with Cleveland Mechanical complete the replacement of 6 expansion joints on a SCR and FGD Booster Fan during a fall outage.
Nooter Power Services completes electrical project which included installing conduit, cable trays, and cabling for 42 beck drives and 28 pyrometers as well as 2 new distribution cabinets.
Nooter Construction completes General Construction contract of the Eddystone Rail Crude Oil Transshipment Facility: Largest electrical project completed and managed 33 subcontractors.
