Architectural Iron Works

Allgemeines

NameArchitectural Iron Works
OrtssitzNew York City
StraßeEast 14th Street 624
Art des UnternehmensEisenwarenfabrik
AnmerkungenD. D. Badger, Präsident; N. Cheny, Leiter der Finanzen; C. C. Gordon, Sekretär. Lage: East Fourteenth street, zwischen Avenues, B and C
Quellenangaben[Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 98] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 204]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1806 Geburt von Daniel D. Badger in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1829 Daniel D. Badger zieht nach Boston und beginnt als Eisengießer.
1840 Badger errichtet in Boston, Washington Street, das erste eiserne Gebäude in Amerika.
1846 Die Vorgänger-Firma "Daniel D. Badger & Co. führt die Produktion von Architectural Iron Work in New York ein.
1846 Daniel D. Badger kommt nach New York und schließt sich mit Charles Reed, Esq., zusammen, um im Eisenhochbau weiter zu arbeiten.
1856 Eintragung der "Architectural Iron Works" durch D. D. Badger, John M. Reed, Nathaniel Cheney und anderen als Nachfolger von "Daniel D. Badger & Co."
04.1864 Die Hauptgebäude werden durch ein Feuer zerstört, aber sogleich wieder aufgebaut.
1866 Neugründung




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Eisenbauten 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: Iron buildings
Fensterläden 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: shutters
Stahltüren 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] aus Eisen




Allgemeines

ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTLocated on East Fourteenth street, between Avenues, B and C, in the city of New York, is one of the few large establishments of its kind in the United States. The works cover an area (including the various departments) of more than three acres, and employ from four to six hundred workmen. The Company was incorporated in 1856, and are the successors of Daniel D. Badger & Co., who introduced and established the manufacture of Architectural Iron Work, in New York, in 1846. This branch of Iron Work was unknown until after the year 1840, when Mr. Badger erected, in the City of Boston, the first Iron building ever seen in America. All the Iron buildings in this country have been erected since that period, and owe their existence to that introduction. It is well known that, before 1840, Iron had been used in England and other European countries, and, to a limited extent, even in our own country, for interior supports in various kinds of edifices; but its introduction for the exterior of buildings is believed to be of very recent and purely of American origin. The early history of this manufacture is the history of a long-continued struggle against prejudices, objections and conflicting interests, and of the ultimate triumph of resolute persistence and indomitable energy on the part of its founders. The innovation was resisted until Iron buildings had been thoroughly tested, and their superiority was too manifest to be denied. When we reflect upon the numerous advantages of Iron, as a building material, we may marvel at the obstinacy with which its introduction for that purpose was resisted. Besides the saving of space, (which, alone, would have been a sufficient warrant for the use of Iron in many structures), the greater facilities for ornamentation and architectural beauty entitled it to the consideration of all who would gratify their own taste, or improve that of the public. The introduction of light into the interiors of buildings is a desideratum which is supplied by the use of Iron. While it renders all the interior space available for many purposes, the decided sanitary influence of light upon the inmates constitutes a valid argument for the use of Iron as a building material. It would be easy to enumerate many other points, in which decided advantages may be claimed for Iron over all other known building materials. Among them, may be mentioned superiority of strength, lightness of structure, facility of erection, capability of architectural beauty, cheapness of cost, incombustibility, facility of renovation, durability, intrinsic value of materials, and protection to life and property. The Architectural Iron Works were incorporated, in 1856, by D. D. Badger, John M. Reed, Nathaniel Cheney and others, and re-chartered in 1866. Its present officers are : D. D. Badger, President; Nathaniel Cheney, Vice-President and Treasurer; and C. C. Gordon, Secretary. In April, 1864, the principal buildings were destroyed by fire, but the works were immediately rebuilt and improved, and such additions were made as experience had shown to be needful. This establishment has an immense stock of patterns, trained and skilful workmen, and every facility for the manufacture of Architectural Iron Work, and, indeed, for the production of a great variety of Cast and Wrought Iron, including many kinds of machines. It has peculiar, novel and ingenious machines for the making of Iron Venetian Blinds, Iron Lathing, and Fire and Burglar-proof Iron. Rolling Shutters. In past years, it has been largely engaged in making shot and shell of all sizes, projectiles and gun-carriages, for the use of our own Government, and also for foreign powers. The largest Gun-carriages constructed were for twenty-inch guns, It would require a large space to enumerate all the uses to which Iron has been applied by the Architectural Iron Works, but the following may be mentioned, viz. : Iron Store Fronts, Manufactories, Grain. Warehouses, Arsenals, Ferry Houses, Bridges, Roofs, Domes, Rolling Shutters, Venetian Blinds, Wrought Sashes, Railings, Verandahs, Balustrades, Cornices, Stairways, Columns, Capitals, Arches, Window Lintels and Sills, Consoles, Brackets, Rosettes, Urns, Door and Window Guards, Lamps, Awning and Horse Posts, Girders, Beams, Patent Lights and Iron Sidewalks. Specimens of the work of this Company abound in the city of New York, and may be found in all the principal cities and towns of the United States, and even in foreign places - Havana, Matanzas, Halifax, N. S., Kio Janeiro, Aspinwall, Alexandria, Egypt, etc. Among the largest buildings erected by this Company, may be mentioned the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C.; the Grain Warehouses of the United States Warehousing Company, Brooklyn; and of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company at Philadelphia; the Iron Ferry Houses of the Union Ferry Company at Fulton and Whitehall Ferries; the King's County Court House, and Halsey Buildings, Brooklyn; Cary's Building, Gilsey's Building, Houghwaut's Building; and the Singer Manufactory in the city of New York; the United States Arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y., and several blocks of five-story Iron stores in Chicago. Jn this conhection, a brief memoir of the President of this Company, and the Pioneer in Iron Architecture in America, may not be inappropriate. Daniel D. Badger was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1806, and, during youth, was employed in working iron in his native town. In 1829, he removed to Boston, and commenced business as an iron founder. In the year 1840, he erected, in Washington street, Boston, the first Iron front ever seen in America; but so great was the prejudice against his enterprise, that he was compelled to give a guarantee that, if it should prove a failure, he would remove it at his own expense. The columns and lintels of this building were of iron. About this time, A. L. Johnson, Esq., of Baltimore, invented and patented Rolling Iron Shutters. Mr. Badger purchased the patent, and introduced the shutters into his new structures. His Iron Fronts (known as "Badger's Fronts") came slowly into favor. In 1846, he came to New York, and was associated with Charles Reed, Esq., in the prosecution of his business. Here, he found the Builders, the Fire Department, and the Fire Insurance Companies, all violently opposed to his innovation. He struggled against objections of the most diverse character, but, steadily persisting in his purpose, ultimately overcame all obstacles, and established the use of Iron as a leading building material. Structures for mercantile and mechanical purposes, having open fronts and large show windows, began to sup plant the former cumbrous and ill-lighted warehouses, and their superiority was too obvious to be denied. The first buildings erected by Mr. Badger were, by many, regarded as experiments; but, from the outset, he was sanguine that they would receive the public approval; hence he prosecuted the business, for a series of years, with untiring industry, enterprise and persistence, and almost without a competitor. All the Iron buildings that now adorn our great cities owe their existence to the humble introduction of iron, as an external building material, in Boston, in 1840; and we believe Mr. Badger may be fairly regarded as the originator, inventor and pioneer of Iron Architecture in America.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 204]