Senator Vance Hartke and former Mayor of Evansville, Indiana at Babcock & Wilcox Company at 1400 Old Hwy 69. According to the company's website, it was developed for manufacturing large, heavy nuclear steam supply components. This is now BWXT NOG (Nuclear Operations Group). BWXT traces its history back to the 1850s with the invention of the water tube boiler. Operating for many years as a part of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, our company has long been at the forefront of the commercial nuclear power generation and government nuclear industries, achieving an impressive number of firsts in both businesses. In 2015, The Babcock & Wilcox Company spun off its power generation business to allow BWXT to focus on government and nuclear operations. (https://www.bwxt.com/about/history) Vance Hartke was a U.S. Senator from Indiana 1959-1977.