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Adams & Co.
| Name | Adams & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Straße | Tenth Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Glaswerk |
| Anmerkungen | Lage von Verwaltung und Fabrik: Tenth und Williams Stree, South Side. |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1851 |
Gründung unter der Firma "James, Macklin & Co." |
| 1861 |
Änderung der Firma aus "James, Macklin & Co." in "Adams & Co." |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Glasgeschirr |
1851 |
als Adams, Macklin & Co. |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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| Glaslampen |
1851 |
als Adams, Macklin & Co. |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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| Kristallglas |
1851 |
als Adams, Macklin & Co. |
1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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Hersteller |
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Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1879 |
Dampfmaschine |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | In making a detailed review of the glass trade, as having a powerful influence upon the industries of Pittsburgh,
the well-known house ot Adams & Co., manufacturers of Crystal Glass-ware, should not be overlooked. This firm was originated in 1851 by and under the style of Adams, Macklin & Co., who commenced operations uiuler many disadvantages and with a capital that would now be considered altogether inadequate. The business prospered, however, under a shrewd and practical management, and became an established success after several years of unremitting exertion on the part of its projectors. In 186l a change in the firm took place, the title becoming as at present, the members of the house now being John Adams, Esq., Geo. F. Easton, Godfried Miller, A. A. Adams, Jas. Dalzell, and W. Adams - all of whom take an active interest in the work, the plant is located, as above, in Williams St., South Side, and has been greatly enlarged and improved since the succession of the existing firm. It consists of five large buildings, covering in all an area of about two acres, and containing two factories and two furnaces, having in all, 23 pots, one engine and boiler, besides all the necessary machinery and appliances for conducting operations upon the largest scale. Here are employed about 200 expert artisans, to pay whom a weekly disbursement is entailed upon the firm of $2.000, the total annual business transacted amounting to between 175.000 and 200.000, and extending throughout the United States, Canada, Cuba and South America. The products of the firm are widely known for superior excellence, in finish and design; they consist mainly of Table Glassware, Lamp Chimneys, Lamps and Jelly Tumblers, greatly improved, upon which the firm holds several patents, the right to manufacture being exclusively confined to this house. Of the several members of the firm, all are natives of Allegheny county except Mr. Miller, who was born in Germany. Mr. John Adams, the senior partner, is closely identified with the industrial development of this city, being connected with many institutions prominent for their uscfulno&s. As a late member of the city councils, his influence was always directed to the support of those measures which seemed best calculated to promote the general good; and, as a director of the Iron and Glass Dollar Savings Bank, street railway companies, and tlie Flint Glass Association, Mr. Adams has done no little to foster the resources of this city. The firm, of which he is the esteemed head, occupies a high position in the trade and commands the respect of the community. Its business operations are based upon a policy of honorable as well as liberal dealing, and can offer advantages to the trade that make it a most desirable house with which to establish relations. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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