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With generations of plumbing experience and knowledge, the experts at Palmer Plumbing provide the care of a family-owned business.
Palmer Plumbing operates in two service areas: lower New York state and Charleston, SC. Click on the location below to learn more about your local water quality concerns and reach out for a consultation.
Greatest Generation
Baby Boomer Palmer Bros.
Millennial Palmer Bros.
Why the rubber duck?
Why the rubber duck?
It comes from the simplest picture we know: a kid in the bath, and a parent who wants that water to be good.
Children are the reason a lot of our customers call us in the first place. Water treatment is not glamorous work. But it's the kind of thing you do once and then stop thinking about, and that's really what we're offering — not a gadget, but the end of a low-grade worry.
Where it all started
Where it all started
As the expansion of New York City and Danbury, Connecticut grew in the 19th century, farmland in the Hudson Valley was sold and developed. The Palmer family assisted in the construction process.
Four generations ago John T. and twin sons Henry and Ed Palmer were carpenters, farmers and icemen. The twins were also both highway superintendents.
One of Henry's sons, Francis (Fran; 1925-2018), carried on the family's 'do it all' lifestyle. Fran became the family's first-generation master plumber when licenses & building codes were adopted by local building departments in the 1960s.
During World War II, Fran enlisted in the Navy and served on the U.S.S. Augusta (CA-31) a Northampton-class heavy cruiser and the USS Lang (DD-399) a Benham-class destroyer. After WWII, Fran worked for Brewster Plumbing Company from 8-to-4 and would then go work for the railroad, steam fitting cargo trains that delivered goods and produce to NYC.
In 1949, Fran established Palmer Plumbing. Over the next ten years, the Palmer family grew by six (all male). All of whom worked for Fran, either at the plumbing company or his other businesses, Palmer-Macomber Fuel Oil and Southeast Builders.
Today, Dennis and his three sons (Kyle, Darren and Frank) work together with their great team of employees to assist their communities.
Photos are from the 1910s
Top Left: John T. & coworker icing Lake Tonetta. Bottom Left: The ice house (barn) heavily insulated with hay. The barn used to sit on the south end of Lake Tonetta, just off todays Tonetta Lake Way.Right: The insulated ice wagon out on delivery.
Henry & Ed Palmer
A photo of the twin brothers retirement party. They both served as highway superintendents.
Francis C. Palmer
A photo of Fran in the 1930s on the corner of today's Forest Lane and Crosby Avenue.
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