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Palmetto Iron Works, Shields & Glaze
| Name | Palmetto Iron Works, Shields & Glaze |
| Ortssitz | Columbia (South Carolina) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei |
| Anmerkungen | Eigentümer 1874: Shields & Glaze; 1888: Geo. A. Shields. |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 162] [Robbins: Historical and descriptive sketch (1888) 48] |
| Produkt |
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Kommentar |
| Dampfmaschinen |
1888 |
[Robbins] |
1888 |
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| Gußeisen |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Iron foundry |
| Maschinerie |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1888 |
[Robbins] |
Vorgabe 1874: machinery; 1888: "all kinds of iron work and repair" |
| Mühlen |
1888 |
[Robbins] |
1888 |
[Robbins] |
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| Sägewerke |
1888 |
[Robbins] |
1888 |
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| ZEIT | 1888 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Among the men of this city who have been the architects of their own fortunes, and from an humble beginning made an honorable business record, we should give a prominent place to that of Geo. A. Shields, proprietor of the Palmetto Iron Works. Mr. S. is a native of Scotland, came to Hew York in boyhood, served as machinist's apprentice in Albany, N.Y,, coming to this city about 1850 to work for "Glaze & Boatwright", who were engaged in the manufacture of guns for South Carolina. The firm added a general machine shop, and after the war Mr. Shields purchased the property, reorganized the shops, and began the manufacture of steam engines and all kinds of iron work and repair. This he has continued with success until the present date. The Palmetto gives employment to some 15 or 20 mechanics, and distributes a large amount of money for weekly wages. Saw mills have recently been made and shipped from here to a number of towns in the State, and Mr. Shields will turn out this season several hundred Palmetto Cotton Planters for "H. D. & E. L. Wilson",
of Abbeville. These works have cast a large proportion of the iron fronts used in the city, and are prepared to furnish everything in iron work. The Palmetto shops are located on the summit above Sidney Park, cover an acre of ground, and
its work can be found in many of the flour, corn, and saw mills of the State, the cotton factories of the upper country, and other industrial works of South Carolina. In the general repair of machinery, or the furnishing of new work, every effort is made to give the best, and Mr. Shields’s business record of more than 20 years reflects much credit on his industry and mechanical genius. Mr. S. is a stockholder in a half-dozen different cotton manufactories in the upper counties, all of which are doing a successful business, and he is very desirous of having Columbia receive her share of the direct benefits arising from cotton manufacturing in her midst. |
| QUELLE | [Robbins: Historical and descriptive sketch (1888) 48] |
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