 In 1924 he took the position of metallurgist for the Lucey Manufacturing Company in Chattanooga, Tennessee and in 1926 returned to the Midvale Company, to organize and direct a new Research Department.Midvale had a long history of producing high grade steel forgings and castings for guns, armor, locomotive tires, and large forgings, first from acid openhearth steel and later in electric furnaces.Foley kept Midvale successfully producing new corrosion resistant alloys, and alloys for use at high temperatures.