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Charles Crossley, Newark Hat Works
| Name | Charles Crossley, Newark Hat Works |
| Ortssitz | Newark (New Jersey) |
| Straße | Front Street 16, 18 + 20 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hutfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Hutfabrik |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 638] |
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1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The manufacture of fur hats one of the most important industries of Essex County, there being no less than sixty establishments engaged in the business. Among the largest in Newark is that of Mr. Charles Crossley, which is located on Front Street. Mr. Crossley makes a specialty ot stiff hats and ladies' napped hats, and controls an extensive business in this Ime of goods. The factory buildings cover a space of ground 100x150 feet, the main building being four stories in height. The establishment is completely equipped with the newest and latest improved machinery, and a steam engine of fifty-horse power is used in the operations. The business is divided into a number of departments, among them being the forming, the sizing, stiffening, coloring, blocking, pressing and finishing, and also napping, a peculiar process of forming the body of the hat by means of a new and accurately operating bow machine. Over three hundred hands are eml>loyed, and an immense quantity of hats suitable for the trade of all sections of the country are produced each season. Thorough order and system prevails throughout the establishment, everything connected with it being under the immediate supervision of Mr. Crossley, who has had an experience of more than half a century in hat manufacturing. He is one of the leading representative men of Newark, and has achieved a success which places him in the front rank among the leading manufacturers of the country. His goods have an established reputation and can be found in all the leading markets. The salesroom, from which they are sent in every direction, is at No. 96 Spring Street (Room 8), New York. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 638] |
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