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Washington Mills, C. A. & F. D. Farnum
| Name | Washington Mills, C. A. & F. D. Farnum |
| Ortssitz | Norristown (Pa.) |
| Straße | Washington Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Textilfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Auch als "Farnum's Mill" bezeichnet. Lage: Washington Street (Schuylkill River). Maschinen: 1 Paar Selfaktoren, 1680 Spindeln, 10 Spinnrahmen, 161 Kraftwebstühle, 1 Trockenzylindersatz. Bezug zu den "Washington Woolen Mills" = "Watts' Mills" (s.d.) unsicher, da andere (Vor-)Besitzer und um 1884 kleinere Dampfmaschinenleistung. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plate 1133 (1877)] [Bean: History of Montgomery County (1884) 586] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1871 |
Den älteren Gebäuden wird die Weberei hinzugefügt |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Baumwollgarn |
1877 |
[Hexamer] |
1877 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Baumwollgewebe |
1877 |
[Hexamer] |
1877 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1877 |
Dampfkessel |
6 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1877 |
200 |
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150 Mädchen, 12-15 Jungen, Rest Männer |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The operations of Farnum's Mill, on Washington Street, below Mill, have been stopped since 1882. There are two distinct buildings, one modern, built by the late proprietor, F. D. Farnum. It is about fifty by seventy feet, four stories in height, and contains one hundred and sixty looms for the manufacture of gingham, sixteen hundred and eighty spindles, ten ring-frames, six boilers, a one hundred horse-power engine, and requiring in all about one hundred and twenty-five hands. The old mill, which is not connected with the new, contains the spinning machinery, and is thirty-five by one hundred and forty feet. F. D. Farnum purchased this mill from Samuel O'Neal. The old mill, however, has a history almost hidden by the curtain of time. Mr. John H. Baird, foreman of the Eagle Works foundry, worked in the mill fifty years ago. He was then a boy, and the building was standing long before his time. It was then a machine-shop, operated by French & Miller, and the first engine ever put into Jamison's Mill, at De Kalb Street
bridge, was built by that firm in their little shop. It was subsequently used as a factory for making cotton laps; Levis Cornog, and, after him, Cornog & Hurst, operated it as a cotton-factory, Charles Custer using part of the building as a factory for building threshing-machines. Samuel O'Neal purchased the old building about the year 1856, and he conducted the business of making cotton cloths and yarns up to about 1862, when he sold it to F. D. Farnum. |
| QUELLE | [Bean: History of Montgomery County (1884) 586] |
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