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Janesville Iron Works, J. H. Budd
| Name | Janesville Iron Works, J. H. Budd |
| Ortssitz | Janesville (Wisc.) |
| Straße | North River Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Eigentümer: Joseph H. Budd. Bestehend aus Maschinen-, Holz- und Fertigstellungswerkstatt, Schmiede, Gießerei, Modellwerkstatt, zwei Lagerhäusern und einem Kesselhaus; gelegen entlang der North River Street. In guten Zeiten: 75 - 100 Beschäftigte. |
| Quellenangaben | [Cartwright, Shaffer, Woller: City on the Rock River (1998) 60] [Guersey: History of Rock County (1856) 178] |
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| Dampfkessel |
1852 |
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| Dampfmaschinen |
1852 |
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| Dreschmaschinen |
1852 |
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| landwirtschaftliche Maschinen |
1852 |
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| Maschinenguß |
1852 |
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| ZEIT | 1856 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Joseph H. Budd, proprietor: This is a very extensive manufacturing establishment; and the gentlemanly proprietor is entitled to much credit for his enterprise in manufacturing, Farming and Mechanical Implements, thus keeping much money in the country that formerly was sent to the eastern manufacturers, and our farmers should consider their obligation to sustain so commendable an enterprise. The buildings consist of a brick machine shop, three stories high, iron front 35 by 55 feet; wood finishing shop, 30 by 40 feet, two stories: blacksmith shop 30 by 70 feet 1 1/2 story ; foundry 45 feet square ; pattern shop 22 feet square, 3 stories; 2 store-houses 24 feet square, two stories; boiler room 12 by 30 feet, one story, and 150 feet of sheds. 75 men have been employed during the past season in the
various branches of this establishment, and thoy have manufactured machinery and farming implements, chiefly the latter, to the amount by 70.000,00. During the past season 6.000 worth of tools, patterns, and out buildings,
were added to the manufactury. There is now in process of construction 30.000 worth of machinery and castings. The facilities for doing work have been doubled the past season, and the shop is now capable of employing 120 hands, suificient to manufacture 120,000 worth of work. Among the various kinds of work manufactured, may be mentioned: Sta
tionary Engines, Portable Engines and Boilers, Threshing Machines, Reapers. Plows, and Corn-shellers, with other farming tools, and Stove and other castings. |
| QUELLE | [Guersey: History of Rock County (1856) 178] |
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