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Fort Pitt Boiler Works, Carroll & Snyder
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| Name | Fort Pitt Boiler Works, Carroll & Snyder |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Straße | Second Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Kesselschmiede |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Ecke Third Avenue und Liberty Street sowie Second und Shorts Streets. Ursprünglich "M. Stackhouse", dann "H. Busha & Co.", dann "C. Gutendorf & Co.", gefolgt von "Carroll & Snyder". Ab 1872: "D. W. C. Carroll & Co." mit D. W. C. Carroll und R. G. Jones als Inhaber. Zusatz um 1897: "Fort Pitt Boiler, Bridge and Tank Works". |
| Quellenangaben | [Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 151] [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 118] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1843 |
Gründung durch M. Stackhouse |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Blecharbeiten |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
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| Dampfkessel |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: 1874: Boilers; 1865: tube and double flued steam boilers |
| Gasbehälter |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
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| schmiedeeiserne Brücken |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
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| Tanks |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
1865 |
[Beers, F. W.: Advertisements (1865)] |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1879 |
75 |
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Jährlich Lohnzahlung rd. 1 Mio Dollar |
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The history of this house has been so intimately connected with the development of the trade of Pittsburgh, that
no record of the Industries of this community would be complete that did not take cognizance of the firm of D. W. C. Carroll & Co. and its predecessors. Established in 1843, the business was founded by M. Stackhouse, Esq., succeeded by
H. Busha &. Co., who preceded C. Gutendorf & Co., who gave place to Caroll and Snyder, who were succeeded by the
present proprietors, D. W. C. Carroll and R. G. Jones, under the caption title, in 1872; the business premises and works of the firm occupy an entire square fronting on four streets. Short and Liberty Streets, and Second and Third
Avenues, consisting of a substantial brick building, ranging from one to three stories in hight, well supplied with the most approved machinery, consisting in part of one 45 horse power engine with two boilers of 40 and 15 horse power
respectively, 10 foot plate rolls, 2 pairs power shears for cutting the heaviest iron plate, 9 power punches for boiler plates, one plate planing machine, 8 vertical drills and many other pieces of ingenious mechanism and tools proper to
the trade, making in all the best equipped works in the city, or west of the Allegheny Mountains. The extent to which the business of this concern has reached is not limited to the United States, but embraces Mexico, much of South America and Canada, finding customers in fact in nearly all parts of the world. In the manufacture of Steam Boiler and Heavy Plate, Iron Bridges, Buildings, Oil Tanks, Gas Holders, and Sheet Iron Work generally, this House has few rivals and no superiors. The first Oil Refining appliances, Tanks, Stills, etc., ever manufactured in this city, were constructed by this establishment, which still maintains a celebrity unequalled for this class of work. The iron dredge boat "G. W. R. Bailey," used by Capt. J. B. Eads in his excavation of the Mississippi Jetties, was built by this firm, who have, perhaps, made more steamboat outfits in their line than any other concern in the business. For some years the manufacture of boilers for agricultural machinery has engaged the attention of the House asa specialty, their admirable facilities insuring work of a high order of excellence in this department, which is rapidly assuming greater importance. The firm employ seventy-five men in the business and do a trade that approximates a quarter of a million dollars annually. Mr. C. H. Parker, the manager, is a gentleman of wide experience, a native of Providence, R.I., and formerly engineer of the National Bridge Works, of Boston, Mass. The members of the firm are both natives of Pittsburgh and have always resided here, intimately involved in the iron trade, and, as a firm, it is not too much to say that in every respect it stands at the highest point in the estimation of its contemporaries and the commercial world at large. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 118] |
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