!!!Poschacher, Anton

b. Mauthausen (Upper Austria), Nov. 1, 1841, 
d. Mauthausen, March 26, 1904, industrialist. His father, whose name 
was the same, founded the granite works in Mauthausen in 1839. From 
1876 A. P. the son took over the family business, becoming sole owner 
of the biggest granite company of the Austro-Hungarian empire with 
several quarries, which he led to even greater economic success. He 
established company housing and a pension plan for his workers.

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