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Rochester Tumbler Co.
| Name | Rochester Tumbler Co. |
| Ortssitz | Rochester (Pennsylvania) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Glasfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Vollständige Firma "Rochester Tumbler Co., of Pittsburgh, PA", dort mit Sitz der Verwaltung in den Liberty und North Streets. Glasfabrik; "tumbler" = Becherglas. |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 83] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1872 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Trinkgläser |
1872 |
Gründung |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 83] |
"tumbler" = Bechergläser |
| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1879 |
Dampfmaschinen |
2 |
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unbekannt |
Leistung ges. |
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PS |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1879 |
300 |
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Gehalt je Monat: 9.000 Dollar |
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Organized by Pittsburgh capital and directed by Pittsburgh enterprise, the Rochester Tumbler Company and its
operations are justly entitled to consideration in any work devoted to a detailed review of the industries of this city. From its organization, in 1872, till the present, the success that has attended the enterprise has been happily commensurafe with the capacity and resolution of those to whose direction the business was entrusted. The works were
located at Rochester, on the line of the P., Ft. W. and C. R. R., about 35 miles from the city, this spot being chosen
not only for unrivalled facilities in shipping or receiving freights by railroad from all points, and the further advantages conferred in the same direction by the Ohio River, upon whose banks the plant is situated, but mainly on accont of an inexhaustible flow of natural gas from two wells upon the premises, by means of which the expense for fuel is greatly modified, and certain portions of the work erformed with more speed and perfection than attained by any
previous methods. The works, when first constructed, were considered extensive, but the steadily increasing demand
upon the resources of the Company for production required additions and enlargements of the manufactory from time
to time, in order to keep pace with the growing trade, until, at this period of its liistory, the works are three times as large as at first constructed, with four times the productive capacity, and are, beyond question, the most extensive of the kind in the world. Every appliance or improved apparatus that modern ingenuity can devise or ample capital supply is to be found in this factory not only for the manufacture of glassware, but the construction of all the necessary pots, molds and models required in the business, the motive power for operating the machinery being furnished by two steam engines, having an aggregate of 35-horse power. Ten structures, of various dimensions, the largest being
200x200 feet, constitute the plant, which covers in all an area of 2,5 acres - fire-proof buildings being used for the security of molds, models, etc.; a provision found only in this establishment. The work is subdivided into seven departments, wiiich embrace not only the constructive portions of the manufacture, but the making of boxes, packing, shipping, mold and model-making, clerical, etc., employing in all 300 operatives and expert artisans, at an expense of $9.000 per month, the working year occupying 50 weeks, the fires never having been put out since the commencement of the enterprise. The advantages derived from the use of natural gas (before referred to), which issues continually from two wells upon the premises, each 1200 feet deep, and originally sunk for oil (?), are very obvious, as cheapening production and making the best fuel known for annealing glass and preserving its color, luster and translucency, for which properties the goods manufactured by the Rochester Tumbler Company have acquired a reputation that is coextensive with the trade of the concern, which is not confined to the United States, but reaches Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Russia, South Africa, South America, Cuba, Japan, Australia, British America, and, in fact, almost every available market in the world. The magnitude of the enterprise cannot be readily shown without the art of the illustrator, but, from the fact that the works are capable of turning out 25.000 dozens of Tumblers per week, some idea may be gained of their extent. In the production of choice and beautiful designs in Tumblers and bar goods, this Company is unrivalled,
continual improvements in this direction keeping it constantly in advance of the trade, and ensuring benefits to customers not to be duplicated by any cotemporaneous concern, entitling the Rochester Tumbler Company to the splendid
success it has so richly deserved, and which has proved of so great an advantage in fostering the industrial thrift cf this community. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 83] |
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