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Philips, Townsend & Co.
| Name | Philips, Townsend & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Glenwood Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Nagelfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Glenwood Avenue, American Street, An der niveaugleichen Kreuzung der Pennsylvania Railroad und der Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Herstellung von Drahtnägeln, Nieten, Draht und Nagel-Fässern. Mit Drahtzieherei und Galvanisieranstalt. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 2319+2716 (1890+1893)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 167] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1883 |
Ferdinand Philips und David Townsend beginnen mit nur sieben Maschinen. - Bald sind es 20 |
| 1889 |
Errichtet |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Drahtnägel |
1883 |
Beginn |
1893 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1890 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1893 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1890 |
140 |
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140 - 150 Arbeiter (meist Männer). |
| 1893 |
100 |
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meist Männer |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The large and growing firm of Philips, Townsend & Co., manufacturers of wire nails, brads, tacks, escutcheon pins, staples and household nail boxes, at North Penn Junction, has the credit of being among the first in the country to
manufacture wire nails on a large scale. The original members of the firm, Mr. Ferdinand Philips and Mr. David Townsend, were the pioneers. They began by designing all the special machinery fir the manufacture, and they started in 1883 uith a capacity of only seven machines. These were soon increased to twenty and business increased so rapidly that larger quarters were absolutely needed. Messrs. Philips & Townsend then took into partnership Messrs. Edward and Charles Rowland, both members of the old and well-established firm of William and Harvey Rowland of Frankford. The new firm launched out into much greater developments, a large and spacious factory was erected at North Penn Junction, adjoining the two lines of railroad leading to Philadelphia, and the capacity of the works was more than doubled. In a few years the capacity of the works has grown from one ton to forty tons a day, and now over one hundred of the original and specially designed wire nail machines are in constant work. The increase in the output again necessitated an addition to the plant, and a wire drawing department was built. In connection with the main business there is also a department for making rivets, which has developed into a most important branch of the enterprise. The firm manufactures wire for their own use and for the market. Philips. Townsend & Co.'s rivets are known all over the country for their excellent quality, which is entirely due to the merits of the special machinery used in their manufacture. All these
machines are the products of the ingenuity of Messrs. Philips & Townsend, and they are manufactured in the works. The firm has been successful in all its enterprises from a mechanical as well as a financial standpoint, and the members deserve the success they have attained. They are continually working out new designs for further manufacturing developments as necessity requires and times raav warrant. It is intended to still further increase the industry by the erection of a new rod mill and larye bolt and nut works. The North Penn works have increased with marvelous rapidity,
and are likelv to become one of the most important industries in the great manufacturing city of Philadelphia. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 167] |
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