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Washington Beck
| Name | Washington Beck |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Straße | Sixteenth Street 56-60 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage auf der Südseite der Straße. Hersteller von Formen und Maschinen zum Gießen und Pressen von Glas. |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 95] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1859 |
Gründung in kleinem Maßstab |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Glasherstellungsmaschinen |
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1879 |
[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 95] |
zum Formen und Pressen |
| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1879 |
20 |
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Wochenlohsumme: 200 - 250 Dollar |
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Among the many ingenious and expert mechanicians that have found ample scope for their abilities in this city, Mr. Washington Beck, especially in that particular branch of bis trade which relates to the manufacture of glass moulds
and presses, machinery for pressing and working glass, is said to have no compeer. This reputation has been justly
earned by twenty years of constant application, labor and invention. The business having been established in 1859 upon a limited scale, has increased gradually under the influence of more prosperous conditions to its present magnitude. The premises occupied by Mr. Beck at present are certainly in great contrast with the original shop, and consist of one large two-story building 60x80 feet, thoroughly equipped with the best machinery known to the trade, much of it being entirely new in device and invented by the proprietor to accomplish certain given objects. Hero are employed twenty skilled mechanics whose weekly earnings average from 200 to 250; a ten-horse power engine being required to supply the motive force. As an illustration of the special character of the bulk of the work it may be stated that since Jan. 1, 1879, or within six months, Mr. Beck has been awarded no less than nine patents for machinery appliances and devices lelating to the improved manipulation and manufacture of glass, and the main part of the business consists in a constant succession of new designs and inventions tending to the more perfect and rapid handling of this material in all its various forms. Mr. Beck is a native of Pittsburgh and was born on the south side in 1839. The reputation be has established is not confined to this country, but leads to a business in Europe, Canada and Japan, which aggregates from 20.000 to 25.000 annually. With the largest establishment of the kind in the United States and facilities that are unapproached anywhere, Mr. Beck's enterprise is universally appreciated by the glass trade. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 94] |
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