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James Pollock
| Name | James Pollock |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Ortsteil | Frankford |
| Straße | Oxford Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Textilfabrik (Wolle) |
| Anmerkungen | Nutzer (1888): "James Pollock" (Woll- und Baumwollweberei, 78 Breitwebstühle, 60 Arbeiter); "S. J. Campbell" (desgl., 96 Webstühle, 50 Arbeiter); "Wm. Foster, Globe Finishing Works" (5 Arbeiter); "P. T. Garsed, Minnehaha Works" (Woll- und Baumwollweberei, 72 Webstühle, 34 Arbeiter). Lage: Oxford Street und Josephine Street (Südost-Ecke; Little Tacony Creek). |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 555] [Hexamer General Surveys, Plate 2187 (1888)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 193] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1874 |
Bau der Trocknerei mit Kessel- und Maschinenhaus |
| 1874 |
Errichtung des Gebäudes an der Oxford Street |
| 1886 |
Erweiterung der Trocknerei mit Kessel- und Maschinenhaus |
| 1886 |
Bau des Büro-, Weberei- und Lagergebäudes nordöstlich an der Josephine Street |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Baumwollgewebe |
1888 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1888 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Wollgewebe |
1888 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1888 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1888 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1888 |
150 |
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50 Männer, 100 Weibliche |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | James Pollock is now the leading manufacturer of Venetian or stair carpet in Philadelphia. Though born in the north of Ireland, he has been in this country since he was five years of age, and though the business is carried on under the old firm name of James Pollock & Son, he has been sole proprietor since the death of his father which occurred in 1871. When they began the manufacture in 1867, the firm, then composed of his father who was a practical weaver and himself who had just attained majority, employed only four looms, and from this small beginning has grown the factory at the southwest corner of Tulip and Dauphin streets and a business that, it is believed, is now the largest of its kind for this especial grade of goods in the United States. Mr. Pollock is not only prominent as a manufacturer but for several years has been an important factor in civic affairs. For nine years he was a member of the Board of Public Education and during five of them was Chairman of the Committee on Superintendence which effected the greatest reforms in the methods of education that have been made since the establishment of the public school system in Philadelphia. He was an active member of the famous Committee of One Hundred organized to reform the politics of the city. When the Bi-Centeunial celebration was projected in 1882 Mr. Pollock, who suggested the idea, was appointed to organize the trades' display which was the most noteworthy exhibition of industries ever witnessed on the streets of a city in this country. The establishment of the Manufacturers' Club was an outgrowth of this splendid demonstration and of this he was one of the organizers and has been from the first a director. He is also a director in the Ninth National Bank of which he was one of the founders, and in the Industrial Trust, Title and Savings Company. In 1889 an association of iron and textile manufacturers secured a controlling interest in the Florence Cotton and Iron Company of Alabama and elected him their secretary and treasurer. This Company is building an immense furnace at Florence on the Tennessee river. He is a member of the Union League and several other social organizations, including the Five O'clock Club of
which he was recently president, and is also president of the Beacon (church) Dispensary - a noteworthy and practical charity - which provides free medical treatment to more than ten thousand persons annually. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 193] |
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