American Shoe Shank Co. Inc. once sold steel shoe shanks made in Avon to shoe factories across the United States and Mexico. The steel shanks, fitted into soles to stabilize the forms of men’s ...

The American Shoe Shank Co., which once made steel shanks that for the soles of shoes, closed in 2008. Online records showed the building was sold for $35,000 in 2009 but did not reveal the name ...