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Gillingham, Garrison & Co.
| Name | Gillingham, Garrison & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Richmond Street 943 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Sägewerk |
| Anmerkungen | Anfangs: in Kensington, an der Beach und Hanover Street, ab 1852: Richmond Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 169] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1830 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Wainwright & Gillingham" an der Beach und Hanover Street |
| 1852 |
Samuel H. Gillingham erwirbt ein Anwesen an der Richmond Street, nahe der Norris Street und baut ein Werk. Wainwright und seine Söhne betreibt weiter den Betrieb an der Beach und Hanover Street |
| Febr. 1854 |
Samuel H. Gillingham stirbt, und sein Sohn führt den Betrieb ein Jahr lang |
| 1855 |
Gründung der Firma "Gillingham & Garrison" mit den Inhabern "Joseph E. Gillingham und David R. Garrison |
| 1876 |
Richard Torpin Jr., George Warner und Courtland Y. White treten als Teilhaber ein, und die Firma wird von "Gillingham & Garrison" in "Gillingham, Garrison & Company" geändert |
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| Schnittholz |
1830 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The saw-mill and lumber business was established by Jonathan Wainwright and Samuel H. Gillingham at Beach and Hanover streets, Kensington, in 1830, under the name of Wainwright & Gillingham. They continued in the business of sawing white pine, oak and hemlock timber from the head-waters of the Delaware river, and when it was exhausted, from the Susquehanna river, and sawed it into ship building timber, girders, etc., until 1852. Samuel H. Gillingham then bought the property on Richmond street, near Norris, and built a mill, Mr. Wainwright continuing the business at the old place with his sons. In February, 1854, Samuel H. Gillingham died, and his son, Joseph E., conducted the business for the estate for one year. In 1855 the firm of Gillingham & Garrison was formed, consisting of Joseph E. Gillingham and David R. Garrison. In addition to the saw-mill business they purchased tracts of timber in Clearfield and Cambria counties, Pa., from which they cut and rafted large quantities of timber. They also purchased from others many rafts of white pine and oak, all of which, and many others belonging to other saw-mill men, they rafted down the Susquehanna to Port Deposit, thence across Chesapeake Bay and through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to the Delaware river, and up it to Philadelphia, stopping enough there to supply their own mills, and taking the balance to points in New Jersey, New York and New England, to sell and deliver. The purchase and transportation of this timber required large capital and the employment of many men. In 1876 they gave Richard Torpin, Jr., George Warner and Courtland Y. White an interest under the firm name of Gillingham, Garrison & Company, Limited, who still continue the business. The Susquehanna timber becoming scarce the new firm bought and sold yellow pine timber and lumber from Georgia and others points in the South, and did a large wholesale and retail business in lumber from all accessible points, including spruce from Maine, fir and red wood from Oregon, white pine from Pennsylvania aud Michigan, and oak from Delaware and West Virginia. The saw-mills, lumber yard and planing mills of the firm are situated at 943 Richmond street, Philadelphia, where the business is continued on a large scale with every facility for filling orders or contracts for manufactured lumber. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 169] |
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