The “Scully” name has a long history of innovation, which began in 1842 when James Scully created the first steel interlocking sheet piling and rotating cement trucks. This development was integral to the construction of bridges, breakwaters, and subways, as well as prominent buildings, throughout Boston. Continuing the family tradition, his son Francis, an MIT-educated engineer, patented the first-ever oil spillage device and incorporated Scully Signal Company in 1936.