Franklin Sugar Refinery, Harrison, Havemeyer & Co.


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Allgemeines

NameFranklin Sugar Refinery, Harrison, Havemeyer & Co.
OrtssitzPhiladelphia (Penns.)
StraßeDelaware Avenue
Art des UnternehmensZuckerraffinerie
AnmerkungenLage: Delaware Avenue, Bainbridge Street, Swanson Street, Front Street und Almond Street (Südwest-Ecke; Delaware River). Betriebsleiter: Alfred Harrison. Inhaber (um 1875): "Harrison, Havemeyer & Co."; um 1886: "Harrison, Frazier & Co.". Herstellung von weißem bzw. gelbem Zucker im östlichen bzw. westlichen Werk. Keine Angaben zu den Dampfmaschinen. 1875: 16 Zentrifugen (nur im Ost-Werk) und jede der beiden Fabriken mit 750 PS Dampfkesselleistung. 1886: 66 Zentrifugen (Dampfkraft nicht genannt).
Quellenangaben[Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 382+956+1639-1640+2035-2036+2952-2953 (1869+1875+1882+1886+1896)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 188]
Hinweise[Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 188]: Portrait George L. Harrison




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1811 Geburt von George L. Harrison
1849 George L. Harrison wird Teilhaber mit Powers & Weightman in der neuen chemischen Fabrik an den Fall s of Schuylkill. - Ein paar Jahre später steigt er in das Zuckerraffinerie-Geschäft ein
1862 Bau des Maschinenhauses und des Brecher- und Zentrifugenhauses Ecke Bainbridge Street / Delaware Avenue
1863 Gründung durch George L. Harrison. Er kauft die alte Zuckerraffinerie an der Vine Street unterhalb der Third Street
1866 Bau der Fabrik östlich der Swanson Street
1872 Bau der Fabrik westlich der Swanson Street (Retorten-, Filter- und Siedehaus) 1871
1880 Bau des Kesselhauses in der östlichen Fabrik 1879
1881 Bau des großen Gebäudes östlich der Swanson Street
1883 Erhöhung des Retortenhauses an der Bainbridge Street 1882
1883 Neubau des Siedehauses zwischen Bainbridge und Almond Street
1883 Bau des Lagerhauses zwischen Penn und Front Street
1883 Umbau der Filterhäuser südlich an der Almond Street
1885 Bau des Kesselhauses Ecke Almond Street / Delaware Avenue
1886 Erweiterung des Filterhauses
1889 Umbau des 1871/72 errichteten alten Filter- und Siedehauses
1889 Umfirmierung in "Franklin Sugar Refining Company"
1890 Erhöhrung des Filterhauses
1894 Bau des Rohzuckerlagerhauses
1895 Bau des Lagerhauses für Raffinade




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
raffinierter Zucker 1863 Beginn 1896 [Hexamer]  




Maschinelle Ausstattung

Zeit Objekt Anz. Betriebsteil Hersteller Kennwert Wert [...] Beschreibung Verwendung
1869 Dampfkessel 8   unbekannt          
1875 Dampfpumpen 2   Charles B. Hardick, Niagara Steam Pump Works          
1875 Dampfkessel 8   unbekannt          
1875 Dampfpumpen 3   unbekannt          
1886 Dampfkessel 27   unbekannt          
1896 Dampfkessel 32   unbekannt          




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. männl. weibl. Kommentar
1875 300           200 Arbeiter im östlichen, 100 im westlichen Werk, alles Männer
1886 800            
1896 1000            




Allgemeines

ZEIT1891
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTThe business to which this company has succeeded was established in 1863 by the late George L. Harrison. Mr. Harrison was born in 1811, and was the son of John Harrison, the founder of the chemical works now conducted by his grandsons under the style of Harrison Brothers Company. Mr. George L. Harrison finished his education at Harvard College, and having read law in the office of Joseph R. Ingersoll was admitted to the Bar. But just then his father died, and this bereavement changed his plan of life. He abandoned the profession of his choice to aid his brothers in the management of his father's chemical works, then located in the old district of Kensington. In 1849 he entered into partnership with Powers & Weightnian in the new chemical enterprise commenced by them at the Falls of Schuylkill. A few years afterwards he embarked in the business of sugar refining, and in 1863 bought the old sugar refinery on Vine street, below Third street, in which the "Franklin" then took its origin. The business, small in its beginning, under his able management and with his energy and enterprise prospered and expanded into the large establishment now on the banks of
the Delaware, known everywhere for the completeness of its plant and the excellence of its product. He was identified
with the "Franklin" until his death. Notwithstanding the absorbing nature of his business, Mr. Harrison devoted much time to literary and philosophical pursuits. In the church of which he was a member he was held in high esteem for the wisdom of his counsel, the zeal and generosity with which he furthered its educational and charitable work. For twenty years he was treasurer of the Episcopal Hospital. For some time he was an active manager of the House of Refuge, an inspector of the penitentiary, and a member of the Board of City Trusts. He was a leading member of the Board of Public Charities from its creation until 1875, when failing health obliged him to resign. His admirable reports while president of that board attracted much attention among those engaged in the management of penal and reformatory institutions, and his keen and intelligent inspection of the poorhouses and prisons of the State caused the reform of many abuses in their management. Mr. Harrison was the author of the legislation which led to the creation of the Committee on Lunacy, which has accomplished so much for the amelioration of the condition of the insane. His energy and means were generously devoted to the accomplishment of this object, which had always been a cherished purpose with him, but the condition of his health prevented his acceptance of the first appointment on that committeelwhich was tendered him. The Franklin Sugar Refinery, as has been said, was established in 1863 in a building on Vine street, below Third street, where once stood the first sugar refinery in the United States. The style of the firm was then Harrison, Newhall & Welsh, but very shortly there was a reorganization and the firm became Harrison & Havemever. The capacity of the refinery was then about 40.000 pounds of sugar per day. In 1866 it became evident that the building was too small
for the increasing business and the location undesirable for enlargement. The site now occupied by the Franklin Sugar
Refinery, at Delaware avenue and Shippen street, was secured, and on it was erected a building fitted with the most
approved machinery, capable of an output of 200,000 pounds of sugar daily. From that time the business has steadily
grown under the successive firms of Harrison, Havemever & Co. and Harrison, Frazier & Co., until in 1889 the present
company was organized by the members of the latter firm. The refinery buildings, of such substantial structure and
enormous height, now cover the three blocks between Bainbridge and Almond streets and from Front street to the river,
besides ground to the north and south of those streets. The floor space is equal to an area of 15.6 acres and it is filled with the newest and most approved machinery and apparatus for sugar refining. The capacity has increased to the amount of 3.000.000 pounds of sugar per day. The docks of the company are daily occupied by vessels discharging cargoes of sugar from all parts of the world, and train after trains of cars are hourly drawn from its sidings destined for all parts of the United States, in which the excellence and purity of the Franklin brand has created a demand which taxes the capacity of the refinery to supply. As they matured, the sons of Mr. George L. Harrison were associated in the management of the business, and under their skilful and enterprising direction it has continued to prosper.
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