 Eames Vacuume Brake Company had previously been in existence since 1876 manufacturing vacuum brakes.The new company erected ten new buildings on Beebee Island and nearby shores just in time for a booming brake market driven by an 1893 law mandating standardized brakes for all railroad cars.In 1902, NYAB bought the Poole Farm in Watertown, NY, and began its move to its present location.