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Powers & Weightman
| Name | Powers & Weightman |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Ortsteil | Falls of Schuylkill |
| Straße | Parrish Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | chemische Fabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Parrish Street, Darien Street, Brown Street und Knox Street (Südwest-Ecke); 1891: Ninth und Parrish Streets. Ursprünglich unter der Firma "Farr & Kunzi", an der Arch Street, westlich der Twelfth Street. Seit 1848 unter obiger Firma. Herstellung von Chinin, Morphium, Strychinin, Queckesilberpräparaten, Säuren, Wismut, Potasche, Alkohol. |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 75] [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 495-496+9812931-2932 (1874+1876+1896)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 137] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 137]: Werksansicht an Ninth und Parrish Streets |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1818 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Farr & Kunzi" an der Arch Street |
| 1825 |
Bau der ersten Gebäude |
| 1838 |
Umbenennung aus "Farr & Kunzi" in "John Farr & Co." |
| 1841 |
Umbenennung aus "John Farr & Co." in "Farr, Powers & Weightman" |
| 1848 |
Umbenennung aus "Farr, Powers & Weightman" in die jetzige Firma |
| 1884 |
Umbau der Chinin-Lagerräume Ecke Brown / Knox Street 1884 |
| 1884 |
Umbau des Hauptlagers an der Knox Street |
| 1884 |
Umbau der Gebäude Ecke Brown / Kessler Street |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Alkohol |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Chinin |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Morphium |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Potasche |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Quecksilberpräparate |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Säuren |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Strychnin |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Wismut |
1874 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
1896 |
[Hexamer Surveys] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1874 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1874 |
Dampfmaschine |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1876 |
Dampfkessel |
16 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1896 |
Dampfpumpe |
1 |
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Guild & Garrison |
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Doppelt wirkende Pumpe |
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| 1896 |
Dampfkessel |
18 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1896 |
Dampfpumpe |
1 |
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Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation |
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Duplexpumpe |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1876 |
300 |
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200 Männer, 4 Jungen, 96 Mädchen) |
| 1896 |
340 |
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200 Männer, 4 Jungen, 130 Mädchen |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The War of 1812, with Great Britain, created a great scarcity of chemicals in this country and resulted in such high prices as stimulated their manufacture in the United States. Consequently in 1818, a building on the north side of Arch street, west of Twelfth, was secured by Messrs. Farr & Kunzi, the original members of the present firm of Powers & Weightman, and used by them as a Laboratory, being among the first buildings used for that purpose in this country.
Constantly increasing business made it necessary to change the location of their works to Fairmount avenue above Fourth street, and finally, in 1839, to their present site which was then upon the outskirts of the city. In the more than seventy years of its existence the firm name has undergone but three changes. In 1838 to John Farr & Co.; in 1841, to Farr, Powers & Weightman, and in 1848, to Powers & Weightman. The Laboratory at the Falls of Schuylkill, where some seventy acres are owned by this firm, was erected in 1848, and its capacity has been increased by the erection of other buildings as the necessities of the business demanded. Here are made sulphuric, nitric, muriatic, tartaric, citric and
other acids, as well as alum, blue vitriol, epsom salt, sulphate of iron, magnesia, etc., etc., the output of which is
enormous. The annexed engraving represents their City Laboratories at Ninth and Parrish streets, which are also very
extensive and include four large buildings, the largest of which contains their offices occupying half a square, the
buildings being 190x360 feet and most of them five stories high; another, a warehouse of same height, is 80 x 100
feet which, with two other large storage buildings are in constant use. At the City Laboratories are made sulphate of quinine (of which Powers & Weightman originated the manufacture in this country and which has for many years been one of its staple products), morphine and its salts, the various iodides and bromides and a full line of mercurials, as well as a large quantity of medicinal and photographic chemicals, carrying, in fact, a general assortment of the officinal preparations of British and United States Pharmacopoeias, varying as the Pharmacopoeias and business changes demand. The firm enjoys a world-wide reputation not alone for the purity and beauty of its chemicals but also for the fairness and liberality underlying all its dealings. It deservedly occupies a position in the front rank of the largest chemical manufacturers of the world and furnishes a rare instance, in business circles, of a firm presenting to the community an untarnished reputation during an active existence covering more than three generations. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 137] |
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