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Martin Nixon & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co., City Mills
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| Name | Martin Nixon & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co., City Mills |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Vine Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Papierfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Vine Street und 24th Street (Südwest-Ecke), am Schuylkill River. Errichtung des Büro-, Versand- und Lagerhauses an der Vine Street 1893. Um 1869 unter der Firma "Martin Nixon's City Paper Mill", um 1877 "Martin Nixon & Co.", um 1889/91/93: "Martin Nixon & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co., City Mills". Vergl. 1873/87: "Flat Rock Paper Mills, Martin Nixon" in Manayunk. Inhaber (1889): "Martin & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co.". Herstellung von Manila-Papier, Umschläge für Fotografen und Papiertüten. Maschinen (1889/91 und weitgehend 1894): 1 Seilschneider, 3 Drehkocher, 7 Pülpemaschinen, 1 Papiermaschine, 1 Jordanmühle, 6 Umschlag- und Druckmaschinen, 4 Pumpen, 6 Papierbeutelmaschinen, 5 Hyatt-Wasserfilter. Maschinen (1893): 1 Seilschneider, 2 Drehkocher, 7 Pülpemaschinen, 1 Papiermaschine, 1 Jordanmühle, 6 Umschlag- und Druckmaschinen, 4 Pumpen, 12 Papierbeutelmaschinen, 5 Hyatt-Wasserfilter. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 373+1091+2305+2462+2692+2851 (1869+1877+1889+1891+1893+1894)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 148] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1691 |
Gründung des kleinen Unternehmens durch den aus den Niederlanden stammenden Wilhelm Rittenhouse am Flüßchen Paper Mill Run |
| 1866 |
Bau der Vine street mill an der Vine street wharf zur Herstellung von Manila-Papier |
| 1872 |
Bau des Büro- und Versandhauses |
| 1879 |
Gründung |
| 1888 |
Umgebaut |
| 1888 |
Tod von Martin Nixon |
| 1888 |
Eintragung |
| 1891 |
Bau des Drehkochergebäudes (Ecke Vine Street / Schuylkill River) |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Manilapapier |
1869 |
[Hexamer] |
1894 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1869 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1869 |
Dampfmaschine |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1877 |
Dampfkessel |
4 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1889 |
Dampfkessel |
4 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1891 |
Dampfkessel |
12 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1891 |
Dampfmaschinen |
6 |
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unbekannt |
Leistung ges. |
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PS |
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| 1891 |
Papiermaschinen |
5 |
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unbekannt |
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große |
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| ab 1881-1891 |
Dampfkessel |
14 |
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Babcock & Wilcox Co. |
Heizfläche ges. |
2130 |
qm |
Wasserrohrkessel |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1877 |
25 |
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10 Mädchen) |
| 1889 |
40 |
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10 Mädchen |
| 1891 |
60 |
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28 Mädchen) |
| 1893 |
60 |
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28 Mädchen) |
| 1894 |
60 |
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28 Mädchen |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | To give the detailed history of the establishment of the great Flat Rock Paper Mills at Manayunk, now carried on by the Martin and W. H. Nixon Paper Company, would be to give the history of the United States, and the limited space of these pages would be entirely insufficient. The facts are. however, that the mills are two hundred years old, and they were one of the first industries that helped to establish the great industrial reputation of the home of William Penn. The Flat Rock Paper mill was founded by Wilhelm Rittenhouse in the year 1691. It was situated on a small rivulet running into the Wissahickon Creek, and now called Paper Mill Run. It is close to the southwestern line of Germantown township, and in the Twenty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia. The first owners of this budding industry were Wilhelm Rittenhouse and his son Claus, or Nicholas. Only five men were employed, and then work was only done when the flow of water was sufficient to turn the mill wheel. Wilhelm Rittenhouse was also a Bishop of the Mennonite Churches of Germantown, of Traps in Montgomery county, of Lititz and one other township in Lancaster county. The Rittenhouses emigrated from Holland, where their ancestors were engaged in paper making. They came to New York in 1674, and moved
soon after to Philadelphia. William Nixon, who with George F. Feinour, founded the paper manufacturing establishment of Feinour & Nixon, was a descendant of the original Rittenhouses. Nicholas Rittenhouse had a son named Martin, whose daughter Susanna married Daniel A. Nixon, who was the father of William and Martin Nixon, and W. H. Nixon was a son of William Nixon. Martin Nixon came into the business in 1855, and was connected with it until his death in 1888. He was a thorough man of business, fully conversant with all the details of paper manufacturing, quick to adopt new methods and improvements, and it is largely owing to his foresight and energy that the present company has arrived at such prominence and achieved such marked success. The firm of Martin & W. H. Nixon was established in 1879, and incorporated in 1888. Previous to that, however, in 1844, the little business started by the worthy Meunonite Bishop had grown to such proportions that a new and larger site was necessary. A tract of laud was taken between the canal and the Schuylkill river at Manayunk, in the Twenty-first Ward, and the first building was erected which now forms the great Flat Rock works, covering an area of nearly three acres, and comprising fifteen distinct buildings, with marvellous machinery and appliances. The little business established by the Rittenhouses in 1691 has thus blossomed forth into a great and important industry, and it has for two centuries been conducted and developed by the old Bishop's family and
descendants. These mills were the first to manufacture paper from straw, and the Nixons have always been the pioneers in any improvement in the manufacture of paper, both in the machinery invented to save labor and the material used to manufacture the product. At one time the firm supplied a majority of the newspapers in Philadelphia, but of late years the manufacture of news papers has been abandoned, and book paper alone is the output of the mills. The personnel of the Martin & W. H. Nixon Paper Company is as follows: President, William H. Nixon; Secretary and Treasurer, Samuel Bayle; Directors, William H. Nixon, George F. Nixon and Edward P. Nixon. The industry gives employment and sustenance
to one hundred and sixty-five men and eighty-six women, and in the many buildings which cover the great area there are
five large paper machines, twenty-two pulp engines, twelve steam boilers and six steam engines, which are driven by fifteen hundred horse-power. The machinery has a capacity of turning out twenty tons of paper per day, and the paper is manufactured from wood pulp, which is made on the premises, and rags; only the best quality of book paper is sent out of the mills, and the whole output is consigned to three dealers. In 1866 the growth of the business again necessitated a search for more room, and the Vine street mill was established at Vine street wharf on the Schuylkill river. This factory is devoted exclusively to the manufacture of manilla paper for making bags, and the machinery has the power of producing five tons of manilla paper per day. There is also a bag factory on the premises which gives employment to a large number of women and girls. Thus, from the modest little mill of two centuries ago, which could only be worked when the water allowed the wheel to move, and which merely occupied the spare time of the Right Reverend Bishop, has sprung a large and important industry which gives food and clothing to many hundreds of working men and women, which
has accumulated a snug fortune for the hard working and deserving proprietors, and which can be pointed to with pride as one of those institutions which were the inception and foundation of Philadelphia as a great commercial centre, and which have done so much to make the Quaker City the first in the Union, both for its antiquity and its industrial institutions. All honor is due to the energy and push exhibited by the Nixon family, which has proved so worthy of descent from the fine old persevering Dutch stock of Bishop Rittenhouse, whose name will be revered so long as Philadelphia is a city and a power in the country. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 148] |
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