Lion Brewery, D. Lutz & Son

Allgemeines

NameLion Brewery, D. Lutz & Son
OrtssitzPittsburgh (Pa.)
StraßeVineal Street
Art des UnternehmensBrauerei
AnmerkungenEcke Vineal / Villa Street. Vergl. auch "D. Lutz & Son" als separater Betrieb in Allegheny.
Quellenangaben[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 82]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1858 Gründung durch "Hechelman & Co."
1874 Umwandlung aus "Hechelman & Co." in "Lion Brewing Co."
1878 Umwandlung aus "Lion Brewing Co." in "Lutz & Walz"
1879 Umwandlung aus "Lutz & Walz" in "D. Lutz & Son"




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Bier 1858 Gründung durch Hechelmann & Co. 1879 [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 82]  




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfmaschine vor 1879 unbekannt




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. männl. weibl. Kommentar
1879 18           Gehalt je Woche: $220




Allgemeines

ZEIT1879
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTThis large and commodious establishment, the Lion Brewery, is where the finest and best quality of Lager Beer is
manufactured. The brewery was first started in 1858 by Hechelman & Co. - changed to the Lion Brewing Co. in 1874,
in 1878 to Lutz A Walz, and to D. Lutz & Son in 1879. The entire establishment consists of five buildings, as follows:
One two-story frame, 28 x 46, one three-story brick, 54 x 72, one two-story brick storehouse, 30 x 42, one two-story frame, 30 x 42, and an ice-house, 46 x 72, with a capacity of 1.200 tons. They turn out about 12.000 barrels of beer annually, and the business amounts to the comfortable sum of $70.000 per year, with a stock on hand of 18.000. They have eighteen hands constantly employed and their pay-roll amounts to 220 per week. The power consists of one boiler, one engine of 26-horse power. The quality and excellence of their Lager Beer is not surpassed by any brewery in Western Pennsylvania and finds a ready and rapid sale in all parts of the country. Everything in and about the establishment
is conducted in a neat and orderly manner.
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