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Morse Elevator Works, Morse, Williams & Co.
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| Name | Morse Elevator Works, Morse, Williams & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Frankford Avenue 1101-1105 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Elevator-, Baseball- und Lampenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: 1101-1105 Frankford Avenue und Shackamaxon Street (1000-1104). Eigentümer: "Morse, Williams & Co." (Herstellung automatischer Elevatoren und Ladeluken, 70 Arbeiter: 58 Männer, 12 Jungen). Pächter: "A. J. Reach & Co." (Hersteller von Gummibällen, 70 Arbeiter: 40 Männer, 20 Jungen, 10 Mädchen; siehe um 1893 in der Tulip Street und Palmer Street); "Standard Gas Lamp Co." (Hersteller von Lampenteilen, 4 Arbeiter). [New York city record (1892) 332 + Anzeige]: New York, 108 Liberty Street, als Hersteller von hydraulischen, Hand- und Dampfaufzügen. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plate 2016 (1886)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 120] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 120]: Werksansicht; [Poor's Manual of Railroads 22 (1889) 200]: Anzeige Elevators |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1856 |
Erbaut |
| 1885 |
Bau der Holzbearbeitungswerkstätte an der Shackamaxon Street |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Elevatoren |
1886 |
[Hexamer] |
1886 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Gummibälle |
1886 |
[Hexamer] |
1886 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1886 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The excellent supply of coal, iron and lumber at reasonable prices, together with the favorable conditions enabling mechanics to live comfortably on a moderate income, has made Philadelphia the leading manufacturing city in certain
lines of business, among which may be mentioned the manufacture of passenger and freight elevators. The establishment of Messrs. Morse, Williams & Co., known as the Morse Elevator Works, is one of the largest in that line of business in the world. They build and erect all kinds of passenger elevators and their annual output of freight elevators is larger than that of any other house in the business — their specialties in the way of automatic hatch doors, excellent safety devices and the Albro-Hindley screw having made an unusually large demand for their freight elevators in all classes of buildings. The Morse Elevator Works face on three streets, Frankford avenue, Wildey and Shackamaxon streets, running the entire length of the block lying between the former and latter named thoroughfares. The location is known as the Kensington District and is readily accessible from the heart of the city, Wildey street being one block south of
Girard avenue, on which the cars run both east and west; and the red cars running north on Third street to Brown, thence via Beach street to Frankford avenue, pass the door on their uptown trip, and run within a square on their down trip. Morse, Williams & Co. confine themselves to the manufacture of elevators almost exclusively, making one exception in supplying their Albro-Hindley screw gearing to manufacturers of steamship steering engines, ship windlasses and for
purposes where great strength, accuracy, economy in power and smoothness in running are desirable. The entire establishment is thoroughly furnished with tools especially adapted to their line of business, so the greatest economy in production is coupled with the highest degree of excellence. The members of the firm give the several departments of the business their close personal supervision and have the advantages of many years of practical experience. Mr. Stephen A. Morse, the senior member of the firm, looks after the manufacturing. His name is well known to mechanics all over the world through his invention of the twist drill. Mr. Carlton M. Williams supervises the finances and accounts, while Mr. Edwin F. Morse dictates the correspondence and makes up the bids to be submitted to their customers. They have branch offices in New York, New Haven, Conn., Boston, Scranton, Pa., and Richmond, Ya., and local agents at many points throughout the L T nited States. Being favorably situated for shipping by both rail and water routes together with their unsurpassed facilities for turning out work, added to the general advantages of Philadelphia as a manufacturing city, has enabled them to build up their widely extended trade notwithstanding the strong competition met from local manfacturers throughout the country. America takes the lead in the use of elevators, but Morse, Williams & Co. find a growing demand from foreign countries for their elevators as their advantages become better known. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 120] |
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