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Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Co.
| Name | Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Astor House 80+81 |
| Art des Unternehmens | keramische Fabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Werk in Perth Amboy am Ufer des Kill-von-Kull. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 112] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1879 |
Eintragung nach den Gesetzen des Staats New Jersey |
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Kommentar |
| Terracotta |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
Fabrik in Perth Amboy |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | It has often been a complaint on the part of those who are interested in terra cotta, that English architects have not given a sufficient degree of attention and experiment to this article which it deserves. "Terra cotta " means, broadly speaking, baked earth, and is an expression which therefore would seem to include a great variety of clay productions, from common brick to china and porcelain. What is now understood by the name of " terra cotta " is something that may be said to be midway between brick and the flue productions of china and porcelain. The material is one found in large quantities, and not in itself costly, often differing little in its original state from the best ordinary brick clay, but which is subjected to treatment that gives it a very different character from brick, the essential difference being in the working of the clay, partly in fully grinding or kneading it, partly in the admixture of some other substance with it, so that it will bear a great heat without flying or twisting, and acquires thereby a surface of the most durable and impermeable description. The manufacture, of this material has only been established in this country about fourteen years. Even now the only works which have furnished large and fine pieces of architectural decorations are adjacent to the great clay beds, and are located in the pleasant old town of Perth Amboy, which was considered of some importance before the settlement of New York City. The Perth Amboy Terra Cotta company was incorporated according to the laws of the State of New Jersey in 1879, the folio wing, gentlemen being the present officers of the corporation, viz.: President, E. J. Hall, Jr.; Vice-President, W. C. Hall; Secretary and Treasurer, George P. Putnam. The works are situated on the banks of the Kill-von-Kull and consist of a series of buildings, which connect by means of bridges and terminate in a dock, whence finished articles are shipped to all parts of the United States. These buildings with their yards cover seven acres, and above the surrounding roofs nine kilua rear their huge bulks aloft, and are the largest of their kind ever constructed. The machinery used is of the latest construction and every possible appliance which art or capital can supply is to be found. But the real beauty of terra cotta consists in the ease which it lends itself to the skill of the modeller. He can grave upon this plastic substance his grandest and broadest conceptions, and then burn them into stone. Among buildings already completed or soon to be finished, in which terra cotta ornamental decorations from the Perth Amboy works are freely employed, are the New York Produce Exchange, Metropolitan Opera House, Cotton Exchange, Mills Building, Long Island Historical Society, Scofield Building, Cleveland, Ohio, the Buffalo Board of Trade, the Capitol at Albany, Pennsylvania Railroad station at Philadelphia, and the Union Station of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, Chicago. There is no question that we are at the beginning of an era in which this art industry will be employed in unknown ways and forms, for the dignity of a great race demands that its power shall be conserved and directed into channels commensurate with its resources. To-day the use of a plastic material, such as terra cotta, in our new and magnificent structures is significant of increased variety and picturesque effect. All prophecies indicating the future of our continent, the magnitude of its commerce, the variety of its manufactures, the productiveness of its soil, the wealth which it must aggregate, point to a period wherein elegant culture will be diffused throughout the American nation, and the use of terra cotta will be generally used for ornamentation. The manager of the New York branch of this enterprising company is Mr. W. C. Hall, who is well and favorably known to the mercantile community as a thorough business man. The Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company can be commended to the public, both for the superior character, beauty, and durability of its productions as well as for the general principles of mercantile integrity that are characteristic of its operations. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 112] |
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