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Nashua Iron Company
| Name | Nashua Iron Company |
| Ortssitz | Nashua (N.H., USA) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei |
| Anmerkungen | J. H. Burnham, Präsident. |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 52] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 451] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1848 |
Eintragung |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Gußeisen |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Iron foundry |
| Maschinerie |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: machinery |
| Schmiedewaren |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: forgings |
| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Manufactures every description of forged work, including forged iron locomotive driving-wheels, locomotive tires, piston and connecting rods, frames, crank, straight and car axles, locomotive cranks, etc. The works comprise two forge shops, one with four steam trip hammers, and one with three steam hammers, a rolling-mill, and a machine-shop. In equipments and general facilities, these works are not surpassed by any similar ones in the country. The Nashua Iron Company was organized in 1848, and its present capital is $125.000, though the Company have the privilege of increasing it to 800.000. All the extensive additions that have been made to the works and machinery within a few years, were paid for out of the profits of the Company, which had been set aside as a reserved fund, after paying the usual dividend. About 180 men are now employed in the works, and the average annual product is 500.000. Moses A. Herrick, Esq., of Boston, is Treasurer of this well-managed and successful Company. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 451] |
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