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John T. Lewis & Brothers, Philadelphia Lead Works
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| Name | John T. Lewis & Brothers, Philadelphia Lead Works |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Huntington Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Bleiwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Huntington Street, Thompson Street und Cumberland Street (Südwest-Ecke); am Aramingo-Kanal. Anfangs unter der Firma "Mordecai Lewis & Co.". Erstellung der ersten Gebäude 1848. Herstellung von Bleiweiß, Bleirot, Leinsamenöl, Essigsäure und alle Arten von Farben. Preßwerk mit dampfhydraulischen Pumpen. Vier Kesselhäuser mit 3, 10, 3, 3 Kesseln; früher nur 12 Kessel. Lt. [Baltzell: Philadelphia gentlemen (1979) 98] war das Unternehmen ein Tochterunternehmen der "Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company", die 1850 von George T. Lewis gegründet wurde. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 318+580+1357-1358+1672-1673+2297+2298 (1866+1875+1879+1882+1889)] [Freedley: Philadelphia and its manufactures (1857) 216] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 122] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 122]: Werksansicht |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1819 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Mordecai Lewis & Co.". Mordecai Lewis und Samuel N. Lewis übernehmen die Bleiweißfabrik von Joseph Richardson in der Pine Street |
| 1830 |
Beginn der Leinölproduktion |
| 12.05.1846 |
Geburt von John Thompson Lewis, Jr. in Philadelphia als Sohn von Saunders Lewis und Phoebe M. James. |
| 1849 |
Kauf eines Grundstücks im 19. Ward mit 630 ft. langer Front an der Duke Street und 360 feet an der Huntington Street, wo eine Bleiweißfabrik in Produktion ist |
| Aug. 1856 |
Umwandlung der Firm aus "M. & S. N. Lewis" in "John T. Lewis & Brothers" |
| 1889 |
Eintragung unter der Firma "John T. Lewis & Brothers" |
| 04.03.1929 |
Tod von John Thompson Lewis, Jr. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bleirot |
1866 |
[Hexamer] |
1889 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Bleiweiß |
1866 |
[Hexamer] |
1889 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Essigsäure |
1866 |
[Hexamer] |
1889 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1875 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1879 |
Dampfkessel |
12 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1875 |
140 |
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128 Männer, 12 Jungen |
| 1879 |
140 |
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128 Männer, 12 Jungen |
| 1882 |
140 |
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128 Männer, 12 Jungen |
| 1889 |
150 |
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um Durchschnitt 138 Männer, 12 Jungen |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | This firm was established as manufacturers of White Lead in the year 1819, when Mordecai Lewis and Samuel N. Lewis purchased of Joseph Richardson a white lead factory established by him on Pine street in the year 1813. The output of the firm the first year was 100 tons, which was gradually increased till in the v'ear 1840 it amounted to 1000 tons.
About the year 1S27 they began the manufacture of Arctic Acid and in 1S30 that of Linseed Oil. In 1849 they purchased a lot in the Nineteenth Ward of the city, having a front of 630 feet on Duke street and 360 feet on Huntington street, on which there was a white lead factory in operation. The works were much enlarged and in addition to the manufacture of white lead, linseed oil and arctic acid, they began the manufacture of red seal, orange mineral, acetate of lead, and at a later day many other paints. In August, 1856, the firm of M. & S. N. Lewis, which had continued for fifty years was succeeded by that of John T. Lewis & Brothers. The firm was composed of John T. Saunders and George T. Lewis, brothers and then nephews of the senior partners, Samuel LL.John T., Jr. , and William F. Lewis, Edward F. Beale, Jr., and Saunders Lewis, Jr. The firm was incorporated in 1S89 as John T. Lewis, Bros. & Co. The present officers are, E. F. Beale, Jr. , President, and Woodruff Jones, Secretary and Treasurer. The premises on East Thompson and East Huntington streets cover an area of seven acres. They are today the largest manufacturers and dealers in linseed oil in Philadelphia as well as the largest exporters of oil cake. They have acquired a national reputation and their trade in paint and colors extends over all the United States. Messrs. E. N. Beale, Jr. and Mr. Jones have long been connected with the business. The high reputation established by the old firm for the purity and general excellence of their products has been fully maintained by their successors and the goods having their trade mark are everywhere regarded as among the best in the country, and endorsed by the United States Government as a standard article. The counting house of the Company is still continued at 231 South Front street, being the original location of the old firm of M. & S.
N. Lewis in 1807, a period of eighty-two years, a circumstance rarely if ever met with in the census annals of the United States. Telegraph communication, now supplanted by the telephone, was in the early days established between the office and railway, and in all their undertakings the house has ever been in the advance in all that pertains to the improvement of their manufacture and in the interest of their patrons. The Company are direct importers of linseed oil from Calcutta, charteringand loading vessels on their own account. In the vear 1787 Mordecai Lewis who prior to 1807 had been engaged in business sold to the Pennsylvania Hospital 1200 pounds of English white lead for 54 Pound Sterling. Mordecai Lewis was Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1780 to 1799, in this position he was succeeded by his brother Joseph N. Lewis, who served from 1799 to 1826, then succeeded by S. N. Lewis who held the position until 1841, when he in turn was succeeded by John T. Lewis. This position of trust and honor has been held by the Lewis family for more than one hundred years, without compensation and with faithful and conscientious discharge of the trust committed to them. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 122] |
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