Beautifully engraved SPECIMEN certificate from the Power Specialty Company. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company in 1919 and has an ornate border around it. Foster Wheeler was founded in 1927 in New York City. The company was a merger of Power Specialty Company (which replaced Water Works Supply Company, created by the Foster family in 1884) and Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, whose roots go back to 1891. Foster Wheeler is a global company offering, through its subsidiaries, a broad range of design, engineering, construction, manufacturing, project development and management, research, plant operation and environmental services. The corporation is based in Hamilton, Bermuda, and its operational headquarters are in Clinton, N.J.