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Brooklyn White Lead Company's Manufactory
| Name | Brooklyn White Lead Company's Manufactory |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Front Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Bleiweißfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: zwischen Front, Water, Washington und Adams streets |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 190] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1828 |
Gründung der Vorgänger-Firma "Union White Lead Manufacturing Company" |
| Ende Sept. 1864 |
Bei einem verheerenden Feuer in den vorhandenen Holz-Gebäuden wird die gesamte Fabrik vernichtet. |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bleiweiß |
1868 |
[Bishop: Hist. of Amer. manuf. I (1868)] |
1868 |
[Bishop: Hist. of Amer. manuf. I (1868)] |
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| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Is located in the Second Ward of the City of Brooklyn, covering the block of land bounded by Front, Water, Washington, and Adams streets, and other adjacent lands. The buildings are of brick, and the Works have sufficient capacity to produce three thousand tons of Manufactured Lead annually, and may readily be increased, though the average of production for the ten years previous to the late war was not fully tip to that quantity. During the four years of the war the production was in the neighborhood of fifteen hundred tons annually; but during the year 1866 it increased until it very nearly approximated the capacity of the works. Seven hundred and fifty tons of coal are annually consumed, and about one hundred men are employed in the various departments. The Works of the company were visited by a disastrous fire late in September, 1864, originating in the large wooden buildings covering the corroding beds, which were entirely destroyed, but fortunately the fire was arrested in the main manufacturing building before the machinery had received material damage. The works were speedily restored, and enlarged in a more permanent form; and means for extinguishing fires hereafter, should they occur in the buildings or their immediate vicinity, have been amply provided. Since the retirement of Mr. Leavitt from the active control of its affairs, Fisher Howe, Esq., has been the principal financial and business manager of the company. Mr. Howe is a gentleman of much general intelligence as well as experience in his special department, and is President of the Association of American Manufacturers of White Lead. This association now includes nearly all manufacturers of White Lead from the raw material in this country, and the interchange of views thus secured has resulted very beneficially to the advancement of this important branch of American industry. The present officers of the company are - David Leavitt, President; Fisher Howe, Treasurer; and Edward Leavitt, Secretary. The principal office for the transaction of business is at 89 Maiden Lane, in the City of New York. The "Union White Lead Manufacturing Company", which may be called an offshoot of the former, was organized in 1828. The Works are located at Bridge and Front streets, in Brooklyn, and cover twenty-three city lots. The main building is two hundred by two hundred and twenty-five feet, and the establishment has a capacity for producing about three thousand tons of White Lead annually. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 190] |
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