Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Co.

Allgemeines

NameEsterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Co.
OrtssitzCamden (N.J.)
StraßeCooper Street
Art des UnternehmensSchreibfederfabrik
AnmerkungenLage: Cooper Street und Front Street (Südwest-Ecke). Präsident (1874/82): Richard Esterbrook. [Wiley] fälschlich "Eastbrook".
Quellenangaben[Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 818+1677 (1874+1882)] [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 54] [Historical and Industrial Review of Camden (1890) 229]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1860 Gründung durch Richard Esterbrook
1882 Erweiterungsbauten im Westen der Cooper Street und an der südöstlichen Ecke des Grundstücks




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Schreibfedern 1874 [Hexamer] 1882 [Hexamer]  




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfmaschine vor 1874 unbekannt
Dampfmaschine vor 1874 unbekannt




Maschinelle Ausstattung

Zeit Objekt Anz. Betriebsteil Hersteller Kennwert Wert [...] Beschreibung Verwendung
1874 Dampfkessel 3   unbekannt          
1882 Dampfkessel 3   unbekannt          




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. männl. weibl. Kommentar
1874 200           15 Männer, 20 Jungen, 165 Mädchen)
1882 250           20 Männer, 14 Jungen, 216 Mädchen




Allgemeines

ZEIT1890
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTAmong its several other, notable manufacturing establishments, the city of Camden possesses the oldest, largest, and also the first successful steel pen manufactory in this country. The Esterbrook Steel Pen Factory was commenced in 1860 on the present site, by the President of the present Company, Mr. Richard Esterbrook, and his son, who came from England and at once started this industry. The original factory was but small, and produced but ten different kinds of pens, while today the company turn out some 400 varieties, which have a standard reputation, and are sold in nearly all portions of the civilized world, in European countries, especially Germany and England, and throughout the whole American continent. There are in the manufacture some 24 processes, from the cutting of the steel sheets into strips to the labeling and shipping of the boxes of finished pens. The steel, properly annealed, is rolled into the proper thickness according to style required and then cut into shape by dies. The blanks are then annealed the second time, stamped with name, and then receive the right curves and form in screw-presses. The careful and delicate workmanship is then advanced a stage by hardening or tempering, after which the half-finished pen must be ground and the points adjusted for sharp, blunt, stub, etc., as also slit, all of which is done by special machinery. The pens are then examined and defective ones thrown out, the next step being the coloring in gray, silver, bronze, nickel and gold plating, and varnishing, and when this is completed they are ready for packing, labeling and shipping for their extended journeys to destination. The factory building is a large four-story brick one, covering a large area of ground, and fitted in all its numerous departments with the most complete machinery, much of it being of special design. The majority of the hands employed are skilled artisans, who have been educated for years to their special tasks and are experts in them. The main distributing center for the goods is at the office in John street, New York City. The principals of the company are : President, Mr. Richard Esterbrook, the original creator of the works; Treasurer, Mr. Alexander C. Wood, and Secretary, Mr. Francis Wood, the latter gentleman being resident in New York, while the two former are representative citizens of Camden.
QUELLE[Historical and Industrial Review of Camden (1890) 229]