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Cofrode & Saylor Inc.
| Name | Cofrode & Saylor Inc. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Brückenbauanstalt |
| Anmerkungen | 1869 - 1876 unter der Firma "Joseph H. Cofrode & Co.". Siehe auch deren "Reading Rolling Mill" in Reading. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 153] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1869 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Joseph H. Cofrode & Co." |
| 1876 |
Umbenennung aus "Joseph H. Cofrode & Co." |
| 1889 |
Eintragung (incorporated) |
| 1889 |
Gründung der "Reading Rolling Mills Co." |
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ab |
Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Brücken |
1869 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | This reliable establishment, renowned throughout the United States and elsewhere for its stability and progression, was founded by Joseph H. Cofrode, Francis H. Saylor andjno. H. Schaeffer, all of Philadelphia, in the year 1869, under the firm name of Joseph H. Cofrode & Co. Dissolution of above partnership was made in 1876, and the business carried on by their successors, styled Cofrode & Saylor, comprised of Jos. H. Cofrode and Francis H. Saylor. The business of the firm became widely extended - beginning with the construction of wooden bridges, in 1869, it developed until it embraced the construction of piers, docks, warehouses, and all classes of iron structures. The first bridge erected by the firm was the structure crossing the Susquehanna River at Celin Grove, Penna. Among the important contracts executed by this Company were the highway bridge crossing the James River at Richmond, Va., the bridges crossing the Neshaminy Creek and Delaware River on the line of the Bound Brook Division of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co., the bridge crossing the Ohio River at Beaver, Pa., on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, the bridge over the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, Pa., on the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Voughiogheny Railroad; nearly all of the bridges on the line of the Texas & Pacific Railway and its branches; the grain elevators at Girard Point and Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pa.; also the docks and warehouses at Harsimus Cove, Jersey City, N.J. In 1889 the firm was incorporated under the title of Cofrode & Saylor Incorporated, and all of its contracts and business turned over to the Company. The officers of the Company are as follows: President, Francis H. Saylor; Vice-President, Joseph H. Cofrode; Secretary and Treasurer, P. R. Foley; Auditor, Geo. M. Evans; Directors - Francis H. Savior, Joseph H. Cofrode, Henry R. Leonard. Many extensive contracts have been taken by the corporation, among which are: The railroad bridge crossing the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pa., on the line of the Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburgh Railroad (Philadelphia & Reading Railroad) consisting of twenty-three spans of truss bridges, each 175 feet in length. The "Central Stores" building; owned by the Terminal Warehouse Co., and occupies an entire block, located at Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth streets and Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues, New York City. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 153] |
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