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Vulcan Steam Boiler and Sheet Iron Works, James McNeil & Bro.
| Name | Vulcan Steam Boiler and Sheet Iron Works, James McNeil & Bro. |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Straße | Railroad Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Kesselschmiede |
| Anmerkungen | Stellt nur Kessel her. Lage: zwischen 29th und 30th Straße. Bei [Wiley] nur als "Jas. McNeil & Bro.". |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 152] [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 83] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1865 |
Gründung in kleinem Maßstab |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Kessel |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Boilers |
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The general remarks elsewhere are particukuly applicable to the firm of James McNeil & Bro., proprietors of the Vulcan Steam Boiler and Sheet Iron Works, and manufacturers of every description of steam boilers, portable and stationary, oil stills and tanks, whiskey stills, blast furnaces, silver furnaces, and all kinds of sheet iron work, and dealers in new and second-hand engines and machinery. This firm, which is one ot the representative ones of the Iron city in this particular line, was founded in 1865, at first on a comparatively small scale and with moderate means, but their business has since increased to such an extent that they have been compelled to consideralily enlarge their facilities, and the amount of capital now invested by this house is huge. Their trade, which extends over a great portion of the United States and Territories, amounts to many thousands of dollars per annum and is steadily increasing. Their office and works are located on Railroad street, between 29th and 30th, and cover an area of 100x135 feet, supplied with the most complete and perfect machinery, tools and appliances, to he found in any similar establishment in the West. The business is systematically conducted under two general sub-divisions, viz: boiler department and machine department, in which thirty-five skilled and experienced workmen are constantly employed under the immediate supervision of the members of the tiriu, who are lioth thoroughly practical mechanics. The various articles manufactured by this well known firm, a portion of which we have enumerated above, are of the best material and most thorough workmanship. The second-hand machinery and engines offered by them are thoroughly overhauled, repaired and put in perfect order, before offering them for sale, and customers may depend upon finding them exactly as represented. Messrs. McNeil & Bro. have recently shipped a fine silver smelting furnace to LeadviUe, Colomdo, on the order of one of the leading mining companies of that section, and are e.xpecting further orders from that vicinity with the development of the immense resources of that argentiferous region. They constructed some beautiful flanges for iron firms in the city which
were exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, and attracted much attention and very complimentary comments. While there may be other houses in the city with larger capital and more extensive works, we are safe in saying that there are none with more perfect and complete machinery and facilities and none more widely and favorably known for the superiority and reliability of their products. The members of the firm are conscientious and
energetic business men, who have attained their present eminence in the business in which they are engaged by their
own unaided efforts, industry, perseverance and probity. Mr. James McNeil, the senior member of the firm, is a native of Scotland, and was born in 1837, and has resided in the United States since he was thirteen years of age. He is
a boiler maker by trade and worked at that business many years before embarking in his present business, acquiring a
thorough practical knowledge of the trade in all its departments, and has had charge of some large manufacturing establishments in the East in that line of business. Mr. McNeil is highly respected as a citizen, and lias occupied the position of school director for many years. Mr. Thomas McNeil, junior member of the firm, was born in Scotland in 1847. He is a practical machinist and has had a long experience in that branch of business. He has been a member of the school board and stands very high in the community in which he resides. He was elected to represent his ward in the City Councils, but removing from the district before the commencement of his term, resigned the position to which he had been called by a flattering majority. Both members of the firm are gentlemen of sterling integrity and worth and noted for their enterprise, l)usiness qualifications and unquestionable reliability in all matters pertaining to the
social walks of life as well as in their commercial transactions. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 83] |
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