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Columbus Car and Wheel Works
| Name | Columbus Car and Wheel Works |
| Ortssitz | Columbus (Ohio) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Fahrzeugfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | John L. Gill, Eigentümer. Vergl. "Pittsburgh Car Wheel Works, John J. Gill, jr." mit Werk in Allegheny City und Büro in Pittsburgh. |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 113] |
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1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Cars |
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1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Car wheels |
Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Strangers entering Pittsburgh over the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad from the West, long before reaching the Union Depot, are impressed with the fact that her manufacturing establishments are conducted upon a grand scale and for miles through Allegheny City the extensive works on the banks of the Ohio are objects of wonder to the traveler. Prominent among the manufacturing establishments that greet the eye are the spacious structures occupied bv the Pittsburgh Car Wheel Works of Mr. John L. Gill. Jr. This is the only foundry of its kind in the city and is located on Preble Avenue, Allegheny, occupying an area of three and a half acres of ground with commodious and conveniently arranged buildings for carrying on the work in all its departments. This business was established here in 1870 by Mr. John L. Gill, Jr., with his father, who founded the extensive car and car wheel works at Columbus, Ohio. The main building is of brick 60xl40 in size, and though but one story is thirty-live feet in height. The machine shop is 35x100 feet with an L of about the same size. About sixty experienced and skilled workmen are regularly employed at this establisliment, with a monthly pay-roll aggregating 2.500. One large 80-horse power engine furnishes the motive power for the extensive machinery which is all of the most approved designs, and combines all the latest improvements. Cold blast charcoal metal is almost exclusively used at this foundry, of which material about 4.800 tons are used annually The capacity of the works is 45.000 wheels per annum, and the capital invested in ihe business about 200.000, and the annual business is correspondingly large. Here are manufactured the very best quality of Palace and Passenger coach, freight car and locomotive truck wheels, and make a speciality of boring and titling wheels when required. A superior nut tapping machine, patented by Mr. Gill, is manufactured by him, which will tap ten kegs of 3/8 nuts per day. Mr. Gill has in use lor determining the quality of irons used in his works a new and improved testing machine, designed and patented by himself and was built in these works; he is now building similar ones for sale. Mr. John L. Gill, Jr., was born in Columbus, Ohio, and although yet a young man is justly entitled to a prominent position among the representative business men of Pittsburgh, to whose enterprise, ability and sagacity the Iron City is largely indebted for the prominent position she holds as an industrial centre. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 174] |
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