MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – On this day, Dec. 3, 1873, what would eventually become the Kohler Co. was founded.
The company was originally under the name Kohler and Silberzahn. At the time, they made plows and other farming equipment from cast iron and steel.
It wasn’t until 1883 that the company would create its first plumbing product- an enamel-coated cast iron water trough that sold as a bathtub…