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F. A. Poth Brewing Co.
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| Name | F. A. Poth Brewing Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Jefferson Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Brauerei |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Jefferson Street, Glenwood Avenue und N. 31st Street (Nordwest-Ecke). Firmierung 1873/84: "Fred A. Poth's Lager Beer Brewery"; um 1890: "F. A. Poth Brewing Co.". Auch "Frederick A. Poth Brewing Company". Inhaber (1890): Fredrick A. Poth. 1884/90: Kupferner Braukessel mit 250 barrels Inhalt; mit Mälzerei. Um 1894 keine Angaben zur Dampfkraft. Später in der 1801 N. 10th Street in einem neoromanischen Gebäude (ex "Class und Nachod Brewery"). 1 kupferner Braukessel; 1880: 154 barrels, 1884: 250 barrels. Abb. (1891) aus http://www.flickr.com. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 601+1456+1817+2348+2751-2752 (1873+1880+1884+1890+1894)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 234] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 234]: Ansicht |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1864 |
Gegründet als "Jacob Bentz Brewery" (?) |
| 1865 |
Gegründet durch Frederick August Poth an der Nordost-Ecke der Third und Green Streets |
| 1870 |
Gründung (vmtl. unter dem Namen "Poth" - vergl. 1865) [Aufdruck "established 1870" auf Bierdose] |
| 1871 |
Umzug zur Ecke Thirty-first und Jefferson Street |
| 1877 |
Eingetragen |
| 1879 |
Bau der Mälzerei |
| 1883 |
Neubau des Kesselhauses |
| 1883 |
Umbau der Brauerei nach den Plänen des Chicagoer Brauereiarchitekten und Ingenieurs F. W. Wolf |
| 1886 |
Bau des Stalls |
| 1889 |
Bau des Verwaltungsgebäudes |
| 1890 |
Vom 1. Januar 1890 bis 1. Januar 1891 wurden 100.836 barrels Bier verkauft. Die Brauerei ist damit die zweitgrößte in Philadelphia |
| 1894 |
Errichtung neuer Gebäude |
| 1933 |
Umzug in die Brauerei von "Class & Nachod" |
| 1941 |
Schließung (auch 1936 genannt) |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bier |
1873 |
[Hexamer] |
1894 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
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Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1873 |
Dampfkessel |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1880 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1884 |
Eismaschinen |
2 |
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Boyle Ice Machine Company |
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| 1884 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1884 |
Dampfkompressoren |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1890 |
Dampfkessel |
4 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1894 |
Eismaschinen |
4 |
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unbekannt |
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| ab Sept. 1883 |
Dampfkessel |
4 |
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Babcock & Wilcox Co. |
Heizfläche ges. |
445 |
qm |
Wasserrohrkessel |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1873 |
20 |
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einschl. Fahrer) |
| 1880 |
27 |
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27 - 30 Arbeiter |
| 1884 |
30 |
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30 - 35 Arbeiter (im Sommer; 22 Arbeiter im Winter) |
| 1890 |
65 |
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60 im Sommer, 70 im Winter; um 1884 waren im Winter weniger Arbeiter als im Sommer) |
| 1894 |
100 |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | One of the largest breweries in the country is that of the F. A. Poth Brewing Company, at Thirty-first and Jefferson streets, Philaelphia. It was established in 1865 and incorporated in 1877. F. A. Poth is the president of the company and F. J. Poth the secretary and treasurer. The business was established by Mr. F. A. Poth at the northeast corner of Third and Green streets in 1865. The first year the sales amounted to only Soo barrels and the whole capital employed was but $800. The business steadily increased, and in 1871 he moved to the present location. From January 1, 1890, to
January 1, 1891, the sales amounted to 100,836 barrels. The firm are today the second largest house in Philadelphia in point of production and carry the largest city trade. Last year while the English syndicate was endeavoring to buy up so many American breweries the F. A. Poth Company refused 2.500.000 for their plant. Mr. F. A. Poth learned the business of beer brewing in this county. F. J. Poth has grown up with the business, and to his valuable assistance much of the success is due. The numerous office buildings are spacious and handsome and very conveniently arranged for all departments. They were erected and furnished at a cost of over 25.000. A general view of the plant could not fail to give the visitor a pretty fair idea of the immense business done. Nearly every department has its own separate home. The private offices are handsomely and even luxuriously furnished, and the main business office is supplied with every convenience for its purposes. Perhaps to the visitor the most interesting of all the departments would be the refrigerating machines and engine rooms, where every modern appliance has been introduced. Other peculiar interesting features are the fermenting rooms and the beer storage cellars. There are, besides, the packing room, the wash house, the pitching house, pitching yard, shipping department, and, of course, the great malt house. The firm has its own refrigerating cars marked with the firm's name for the shipment of beer throughout the country. Naturally in the conduct of so great a business many horses and wagons are required, and the stables of the firm are as handsome and well arranged as can be imagined. There are nearly two dozen distinct departments attached to the brewery. The ice machine has a capacity of 200 tons daily, and this immense output iusures the proper keeping of the product. Their special brand is the Tivoli Export, and it is guaranteed to retain its quality in all climates. An extensive branch house is located at Trenton, N. J., and the firm control a very large trade throughout that State. There are thirty-five bottiers of this beer in Philadelphia and numerous others scattered throughout this State and in New Jersey. Through various causes the consumption of bottled beer has increased within recent years, especially by families. Very frequently the beer brewed by this company is ordered by physicians for their patients. Lager beer in all its varieties has grown steadily in favor with the American people. Within a comparatively recent period the sales have increased from almost nothing to the enormous quantity now disposed of. Before the War there was nothing like the quantity of beer consumed as there is today. Poth's beer has gained a large share of popular favor at all the seaside resorts on the New Jersey coast for its elegance and malty flavor, and the demand during the present summer has grown to such proportions as to tax the limit of the immense plant of the firm. In Philadelphia the number of retailers who dispense Poth's beer far outnumber the customers of any other establishment, and to this fact the firm boast with merited pride for the genuineness of their production. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 234] |
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