Cika wannan jumla: Swinerton Incorporated an kafa shi ne a 1888 ta Charles Lindgren. A ƙarshen 1800s, Lindgren ya haɗu tare da Lewis Hicks, injiniyan injiniya wanda ya fara kirkiro na karfe-karfe a cikin gine-gine. A lokacin gina Fairmont Hotel a San Francisco da
Babban Girgizar Kasa da Wuta na 1906 ya faru kuma ɗayan ƙananan gine-ginen da suka tsira shine Fairmont Hotel.