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Barr Pumping Engine Company
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| Name | Barr Pumping Engine Company |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | 19th Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Germantown Junction der Pennsylvania Railroad, Nineteenth street und Lehigh Avenue. Auch bezeichnet als "Barr Pump Co." [Power (1905) Anzeige]. 1889 genannt in Boston, Mass., 74 Federal Street, als Hesteller von Duplexpumpen jeder Art. |
| Quellenangaben | [Barr Pumping Engines: A test of Haverhall pumping engine (1902), eBay] [Power 13 (1892) Oktober, Anzeige] [New England Business Directory and Gazetteer 14 (1889) Anzeige] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 178] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 178]: Werksansicht |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1887 |
Gründung mit einem Kapital von $200.000 |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Dampfpumpmaschinen |
1892 |
[Power 13 (1892) Oktober, Anzeige] |
1902 |
[Test of Haverhill Pumping Engine] |
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| Duplexpumpen |
1889 |
in Boston |
1989 |
in Boston |
Pumpen für Brauereien, Kondensatpumpen, Hebepumpen, Speisepumpen, Feuerpumpen, Bewässerunspumpen, Tauchpumpen, Pumpen zur Schiffsbergung ... |
| Plungerpumpen |
1889 |
in Boston |
1989 |
in Boston |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Although only established four years the Barr Pumping Engine Company, which has extensive works on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Germantown Junction, is one of the most prosperous and rapidly developing concerns in the city of Philadelphia. The company was organized in 1887, with a capital stock of $200.000, which is preliminary to a larger capital as the business develops. The officers are: Samuel R. Marshall, President; William M. Barr, Vice-President and Manager; George Burnham, Jr., Treasurer; Samuel R. Marshall, Jr., Secretary; and Directors: John Pitcairn, George E. Fletcher, George Burnham, Howard W. Middleton, Frank R. Tobey and John Fullerton. The company is engaged in the manufacture of hydraulic engines and machines, aud pumping machinery of all kinds. If hydraulic engineering had accomplished no other achievement than to facilitate the introduction of pure water into the houses of this city, it would be fairly entitled to a first place in the catalogue of useful sciences. But it has done much more than this; it has aided in a thousand ways in the development of the material resources of all civilized peoples. The handling of water in large quantities, or under high pressures, is one of the most difficult problems with which the engineer has to deal, hence the design and construction of hydraulic engines and machines should be entrusted only to specialists and such manufacturing establishments as are competent to deal with such problems. The enviable position which Pennsylvania has long enjoyed as a manufacturing State, aud Philadelphia as a manufacturing city, would naturally result in the development of an establishment devoted exclusively to hydraulic engineering. The Barr Pumping Engine Company was organized and capitalized for the purpose of manufacturing pumping machinery for water works, sewerage systems, mines, furnaces, rolling mills, steel works, sugar refineries, hydraulic elevators, hydraulic forging, and other industries covering the whole range of the industrial arts. The works are located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Nineteenth street and Lehigh avenue; that portion of the works next the railroad is shown in the accompanying engraving. The works are thoroughly equipped with the latest and best special machinery and appliances for the exact duplication of parts, so that all pumping machinery made by this company is constructed on a strictly interchangeable system, and so far has this method of manufacture been developed that any part of a pump will fit any other pump of the same size made by them. The parts which are subject to wear, such as piston rods, plungers, plunger rings, valves and valve seats, are the parts most frequently needing renewal. By a system of manufacture in which all these several parts are made exactly alike, duplicates can be forwarded in advance of shutting down for repairs which need only the renewal of worn-out parts, so that what would require several days can be accomplished in a few minutes. More attention is given to the manufacture of duplex pumping machinery than that of any other type. Pumping machinery from small boiler feed pumps to water works pumping engines of three millions of gallons daily capacity are constantly in the course of
manufacture, so that any ordinary size of pump can be shipped by them within a few days after the receipt of an order.
This company pays especial attention to the designing and manufacture of pumping machinery tor steel works, furnaces and rolling mills. Many pumping engines of their manufacture are now working continuously on pressures of two thousand pounds per square inch and upward. For mines the duplex pump is admirably suited, and the designs produced by this company have not been surpassed by those of any other builders. The drilling of artesian wells at great depths, in order to obtain a supply of pure water, has made a demand for a special pump which can lie operated at great depths. This company has been very successful in the introduction of pumping machinery of this class, aud it furnishes artesian well pumps suited for depths from 100 to 2,000 feet. The industry employs 200 specially skilled workmen, and this
does not include the foundry and brass work, which is done by contract. Pumps are shipped to the Pacific Coast, Mexico, and all parts of the country, and agencies have been established in New York, New England, Chicago, New Orleans, Kansas City and San Francisco. Only the best class of customers are sought for, and large engineering operations are done by special orders. The development of this important business has been very rapid, and it is the only one of its particular class in the city. The success attained is almost entirely due to the energy and business tact of Mr. William M. Barr, who has the sole management. Mr. Barr has gained his experience in the scientific engineering works of New York, and the knowledge he has thus obtained has contributed greatly to the development and increase of the business of the Barr Pumping Engine Company. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 178] |
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