| Ort |
Zeit |
Firma |
Ereignis |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.01.1874 |
Bay State Iron Co. |
Das Plattenwalzwerk Nr. 2 geht in Betrieb. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1874 |
George F. Blake & Co. |
Umwandlung in eine Aktiengesellschaft unter der Firma "George F. Blake Manufacturing Co." |
| Bridgewater (Massachusetts) |
1874 |
Bridgewater Iron Manufacturing Company |
Bau des Walzwerks |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1874 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
Aufstellung einer Pumpe nach den Entwürfen von E. D. Leavitt in Lynn, Massachusetts, die ihn auf dem Gebiet des Maschinenbaues berühmt macht. |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1874 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
E. D. Leavitt wird beratender Maschinenbauingenieur der "Calumet and Hecla Mining Company" (bis 1904) |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1874 |
---- |
In den Baumwollspinnereien sind 1.258.508 Spindeln vorhanden |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1874 |
Haskins Machine Company |
Auszeichnung durch eine silberne Medaille durch die Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston |
| Hartford (Conn.) |
1874 |
Hartford Foundry and Machine Co. |
Die "Hartford Foundry and Machine Co." baut zwei Pumpmaschinen für die St. Louis (Mo.) Waterworks, die vielleicht größten im Lande. |
| Hartford (Conn.) |
1874 |
Weed Sewing Machine Company |
Sharps Gewehrfabrik wird erworben |
| Katahdin Iron Works (USA) |
1874 |
Katahdin Iron Works |
Wieder aufgebaut |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
1874 |
Dampfmaschinen-Bezug |
Aufstellung einer Pumpe nach den Entwürfen von E. D. Leavitt in Lynn, Massachusetts, die ihn auf dem Gebiet des Maschinenbaues berühmt macht. |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
1874 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
Aufstellung einer Pumpe nach den Entwürfen von E. D. Leavitt in Lynn, Massachusetts, die ihn auf dem Gebiet des Maschinenbaues berühmt macht. |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1874 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Der jüngere Sohn von Darius Goff, Lyman B. Goff, tritt als Partner in die Flechtwarenfabrik ein. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1874 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Entwurf der vorbildlich gewordenen Universalschleifmaschine mit hin- und herbewegtem Werkstücktisch und ruhendem, drehbaren Schleifscheibensupport. Brown selbst scheint daran nur einen kleinen aktiven Part zu spielen und scheint Entwurf und Konstruktion in den Händen seiner Mitarbeiter zu lassen. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1874 |
Providence Steam Engine Co. |
Fertigstellung einer Pumpmaschine für das Hope Reservoir. Sie ist in der Lage, 2.000.000 gallons Wasser in 24 Stunden zu pumpen. Diese Maschine wird für ihren einzigartigen und effektiv regelnden Mechanismus gelobt |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1874 |
Bellows Falls Marble Works |
Gründung |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1874 |
Orrin H. Whitman |
Gründung durch Mr. Whitman |
| Somerville (Mass.) |
1874 |
Mystic Water Works |
Übernahme durch die Wasserwerke von Boston |
| Valley Falls (Rhode Island) |
1874 |
Rhode Island Horse Shoe Co. |
Erweiterung des Werks |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
05.01.1874 |
Fall River Waterworks |
Die erste Pumpmaschine wird in Betrieb genommen. |
| Rutland (Vermont) |
27.01.1874 |
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At an early hour this morning the down night express on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad met with a severe mishap at a point about three miles north of this place. The accident was caused by a broken journal. The last car, which was the New-York sleeping coach, was thrown from the tracks and dragged a distance of 150 yards before the train could be stopped. Before the stoppage was made the car was thrown upon its side and dragged a short distance in that way. There were some twenty-five or thirty persons in the car at the time of the accident, of whom the following were injured: A. S. Merchant, of Burlington, bruised around the hip and across the breast; Senator Dickson, of New-York, slightly cut with glass and bruised; and E. C. Sherman, of Rutland ankle sprained and otherwise injured. The track was blocked about twelve hours, but trains are now passing. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
14.04.1874 |
William A. Harris Steam Engine Co. |
Patenterteilung |
| Williamsburg (Mass.) |
1874 |
Worthen, William Ezra |
W. E. Worthen untersucht zusammen mit James B. Francis und Theodore G. Ellis den Bruch des Williamsburg Reservoir Dam am Mill River am 16.05.1874 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts - ein Unfall der 139 Todesopfer forderte. Ursache für die Katastrophe waren unsachgemäße Planung und schlechte Bauausführung. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
02.06.1874 |
George B. Brayton |
Zweites Patent Brayton's für einen Verbrennungsmotor mit Lufteinblasung |
| Providence (R.I.) |
07.09.1874 |
Providence Steam Engine Co. |
Vertrag mit der Hope Pumping Station in Providence zur Lieferung einer senkrechten Nagle-Pumpmaschine für 5 Millionen gal/d = 18.925 cbm/d zur Förderung auf eine Höhe von 120 ft. = 38,125 m über Maschinenhausflur bei 40 ft. = 12,2 [sic - mehr als 10 m!] Saughöhe |
| Providence (R.I.) |
07.09.1874 |
Providence Water-Works, Hope Pumping Station |
Vertrag mit der "Providence Steam Engine Co." zur Lieferung einer senkrechten Nagle-Pumpmaschine für 5 Millionen gal/d = 18.925 cbm/d zur Förderung auf eine Höhe von 120 ft. = 38,125 m über Maschinenhausflur bei 40 ft. = 12,2 [sic - mehr als 10 m!] Saughöhe |
| Stroudwater (Maine) |
22.09.1874 |
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An engine which left Portland, Maine, at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, attached to a gravel train on the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad, exploded when near Stroudwater bridge. The engineer, A. G. Smith, of Standish, was instantly killed, and three others were severely injured. Mr. Smith leaves a wife and one child. There were four men in the cab of the engine at the time the explosion. |
| Burlington (Vermont) |
1875 |
B. S. Nichols & Co. |
Erteilung eines Patent für eine Tür- und Schiebefenster-Hobelmaschine an B. S. Nichols und F. G. Coggin, beide in Burlington, VT. |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1875 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Roger Love verkauft seinen Anteil an Charles B. Rice aus Boston |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1875 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
John Newton Williams konstruiert sein erstes Schreibmaschinen-Modell |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1875 |
---- |
In den Baumwollspinnereien sind 1.269.048 Spindeln vorhanden |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1875 |
Fall River Waterworks |
Aufstellung einer Worthington-Duplexpumpe als zweite Pumpmaschine |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1875 |
Robeson Mills |
Die Fabrik wird beträchtlich erweitert durch Erhöhung um zwei Stockwerke mit einem Flachdach |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1875 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Bau von größeren Universalfräsmaschinen mit Rädervorgelege und rundem Gegenhalter fr den Fräsdorn, ohne Achsialverschiebung, mit Hülsenführung des Gegenspitzentragarms. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1875 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Bis Mitte der 1870er Jahre wird der Meßbereich der Mikrometer von Brown & Sharpe vergrößert und damit die Benutzung für den Maschinenbau ermöglicht. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
01.1875 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Corliss legt Pläne für den Bau einer 1.400-PS-Dampfmaschine für die Weltausstellung in Philadelphia vor |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1875 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Verwendung der "neuen Corliss-Steuerung" bei allen seinen Maschinen |
| Providence (R.I.) |
01.1875 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Corliss legt Pläne für den Bau einer 1.400-PS-Dampfmaschine für die Weltausstellung in Philadelphia vor |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1875 |
Providence Worsted Mills (Charles Fletcher) |
Gründung |
| Somerset (Massachusetts) |
1875 |
Mount Hope Iron Works |
Bau des Walzwerks |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
1875 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Arthur zieht sich krankheitsbedingt zurück, und Henry Hendey übernimmt das Unternehmen allein |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
1875 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Herstellung von Shapingmaschinen mit Friktionsgetrieben |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
1875 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Arthur zieht sich krankheitsbedingt zurück, und Henry Hendey übernimmt das Unternehmen allein |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
1875 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Herstellung von Shapingmaschinen mit Friktionsgetrieben |
| Canton (Massachusetts) |
14.01.1875 |
Kinsley Iron and Machine Co. |
Das Werk brennt nieder. |
| Penobscot (Maine) |
14.01.1875 |
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Schiffbruch bei Triangle Ledge, Penobscot Maine |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.03.1875 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Der Stadtrat autorisiert den Bürgermeister, eine Kommission, bestehend aus zwei Bauingenieuren und einer im Sanitärbereich erfahrenen Person, zu ernennen, die über den gegenwärtigen Zustand des Entwässerungssystems berichten und einen Plan für die Zukunft erstellen sollen. - Mitglieder der Kommission werden die Ingenieure E. S. Chesbrough und Moses Lane sowie der Arzt Charles F. Folsom |
| Canton (Massachusetts) |
24.05.1875 |
Kinsley Iron and Machine Co. |
Wiederinbetriebnahme nach dem Wiederaufbau des abgebrannten Werks. |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
09.1875 |
Haskins Machine Company |
Auszeichnung durch eine silberne Medaille durch die Holland Agricultural Society auf ihrem Treffen in Zaandam, Holland |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
09.1875 |
Haskins Machine Company |
Auszeichnung durch eine silberne Medaille durch die New England and New Hampshire Societies auf ihrem Treffen in Manchester |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
10.1875 |
Haskins Machine Company |
Auszeichnung durch eine silberne Medaille auf der Internationalen Ausstellung in Luxemburg |
| Westerly (Rhode Island) |
02.11.1875 |
Stillmann, O. M. |
Orsemus M. Stillman erhält das U.S.-Patent 160.596 für Verbesserungen am Mechanismus zum Anhalten des Schusses bei Webstühlen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Dez. 1875 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Der Bericht der Kommission, bestehend aus E. S. Chesbrough, Moses Lane und Charles F. Folsom wird vorgelegt. Er fordert, daß die Entwässerung bereits an den Häusern beginnen soll und daß die Leitungen belüftet werden sollen |
| Middlesex (Vermont) |
28.12.1875 |
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he night express train on the Vermont Central Railroad, going north, ran off the track at 4:30 o'clock this morning, at Middlesex. The train was running thirty miles an hour, and was thrown from the track by a broken rail. Two Pullman cars and another passenger car went over an embankment fifteen or twenty feet. The wreck was very general and serious. The following wounded passengers have just arrived from the scene of the accident; C. Dion, of Holyoke, Mass., injured slightly in the head; N. Laffler, of Holyoke, severe cut in the head and across the forehead; Mrs. Bowdoin, of West Brookfield, Mass., was hurt internally, but not seriously; this lady is about eighty years of age; John Allen, of Three Rivers, injured in the head and system shocked; Mrs. Hickey, of Springfield, wounded in the head and face, and internally; her injuries are very serious; Miss Mary Hickey, her daughter, has a cut across her face, but is not seriously hurt; John Hickey, of Springfield, the father, is slightly bruised; R. B. Kenaison, of Boston, injured slightly in the leg; F. H. Marshall, of Boston, slightly hurt in the leg. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1876 |
George B. Brayton |
Die von Brayton patentierten Verbrennungsmotoren hoher Kompression kommen auf den Markt |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1876 |
George F. Blake & Co. |
Verleihung einer Preismedaille durch die United States International Commission auf der Weltausstellung in Philadelphia |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1876 |
Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene |
N. G. Herreshoff ist am Bau der großen Corliss-Maschine für die "Centennial Exposition" in Philadelphia 1876 beteiligt, und deren Aufstellung ist ein Teil seiner Arbeit. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1876 |
Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene |
N. G. Herreshoff ist am Bau der großen Corliss-Maschine für die Ausstellung beteiligt, und deren Aufstellung ist ein Teil seiner Arbeit. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1876 |
Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene |
N. G. Herreshoff scheidet bei der "Corliss Steam Engine Co." aus, um mit seinem Bruder eine Partnerschaft einzugehen. |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1876 |
Farmer, Moses Gerrish |
Zusammen mit seinem Teilhaber William Wallace baut Moses G. Farmer einen frühen Dynamo, der Bogenlampen mit Strom versorgt und auf der Centennial Exhibition in Philadelpia ausgestellt wird. Das regt Th. A. Edison an, verbesserte Glühlampen zu entwickeln, ozu er den Generator von Walker-Farmer (6 kW) für seine frühen Demonstrationen nutzt. |
| Caribou (Maine) |
1876 |
J. S. Getchell & Son |
Getchell baut eine Gießerei und Maschinenwerkstatt in Houlton (Aarostook County) |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1876 |
Haskins Machine Company |
John F. Haskins scheidet aus und geht nach Philadelphia. Charles und Frederick Fosdick leiten die Firma. |
| Houlton (Maine) |
1876 |
Houlton Foundry and Machine Company |
"J. S. Getchell & Son" baut eine Gießerei und Maschinenwerkstatt in Houlton |
| Norwalk (Conn.) |
Jan. 1876 |
Norwalk Iron Works Co. |
Erteilung des ersten Patents für einen Kompressor |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Auf der Weltausstellung in Philadelphia werden im Bereich der Methodenbearbeitung insbesondere die amerikanischen Firmen William Sellers & Co. und Brown & Sharpe hervorgehoben. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Die Universalschleifmaschine von Brown & Sharpe mit hin- und herbewegtem Werkstücktisch und ruhendem, drehbaren Schleifscheibensupport wird erstmals in Philadelphia gezeigt. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Brown, Joseph R. |
Tod von Joseph R. Brown |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
N. G. Herreshoff ist am Bau der großen Corliss-Maschine für die "Centennial Exposition" in Philadelphia 1876 beteiligt, und deren Aufstellung ist ein Teil seiner Arbeit. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
N. G. Herreshoff scheidet bei der "Corliss Steam Engine Co." aus, um mit seinem Bruder eine Partnerschaft einzugehen. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1876 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Corliss ist Wahlmann der Republikaner für die Präsidentschaftswahl |
| South Egremont (USA) |
1876 |
Dalzell Axle Company |
Auf der Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia stellt Dalzell die "Centennial Axle" vor, die eine Betriebszeit von einem Jahr ohne Ausbau der Räder garantiert. Eine andere Neuheit ist Dalzells "Compensating or Spring Washer" |
| South Norwalk (Norwalk) |
Jan. 1876 |
Norwalk Iron Works Co. |
Erteilung des ersten Patents für einen Kompressor |
| South Wallingford (USA) |
24.02.1876 |
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A terrible accident occurred yesterday evening to the Montreal Express, which left that city last Wednesday afternoon. The train, which consisted of an engine, baggage car, one passenger coach, and a Wagner sleeping car, was detained some time at Essex Junction, on the Central Vermont Railroad. After entering upon the Harlem extension the train was proceeding at a rapid rate to make up for the lost time, when, on nearing the little hamlet of South Wallingford, thirteen miles from Rutland, a broken rail was encountered. The engine passed safely over, but the passenger and sleeping car, with its ten or a dozen slumbering occupants, upset after leaving the track, and went rolling down a twenty-five foot embankment, landing in a marble yard. The car was wrecked, and, the passengers being thrown from their berths by the shock, a painful scene ensued. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
10.03.1876 |
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First practical use of a voice telephone system by Alexander Graham Bell at 5 Exeter Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Bell says to his assistant: 'Mr Watson, come here. I want you.' |
| Providence (R.I.) |
10.04.1876 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Die "Corliss Centennial Engine" für die Weltausstellung zu Philadelphia wird fertiggestellt |
| Boston (Mass.) |
11.04.1876 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Verabschiedung eines Gesetzes, welches die Stadt ermächtigt, eine Hauptentwässerungsleitung bei Moon Island in den Hafen zu verlegen |
| Providence (R.I.) |
10.05.1876 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Feier zur Inbetriebnahme der "Corliss Centennial Engine" auf der Weltausstellung zu Philadelphia: Tausende von Menschen versammeln sich, als Präsident Ulysses Grant und der brasilianische Kaiser Dom Pedro jeder einen Hebel umlegen, um die Maschine in Bewegung zu setzen. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
10.05.1876 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Feier zur Inbetriebnahme der von G. H. Corliss gebauten "Centennial Engine": Tausende von Menschen versammeln sich, als Präsident Ulysses Grant und der brasilianische Kaiser Dom Pedro jeder einen Hebel umlegen, um die Maschine in Bewegung zu setzen. |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
29.06.1876 |
American Linen Company |
In der 2. Fabrik bricht im 5. Geschoß (Mule-Raum) ein Brand aus und zerstört die beiden oberen Geschosse. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
07.1876 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Die Universalschleifmaschine wird einige Tage nach dm Tode von J. Brown in der Maschinenwerkstatt von Brown & Sharpe in Gang gesetzt. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
17.07.1876 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Es wird eine Summe von $40.000 für Untersuchungen zum Bau einer Entwässerungsleitung von der Tremont Street nach Moon Island und in das tiefe Wasser östlich von Castle Island bewilligt |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
11.1876 |
American Linen Company |
Die Brandschäden in der 2. Fabrik sind beseitigt, und das Gebäude wird mit einem Flachdach ausgestattet. |
| Pittsford (Vermont) |
876 |
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The night express train from Montreal, under charge of Conductor Bowtell, due at Rutland at 10 o'clock last evening met with an accident which might have been, in its results, one of the most terrible on record in this vicinity. The train, consisting of the locomotive General Strong (Moses Pratt, engineer, and Charles Dewey, Fireman,) a passenger car, the sleeping car, [ineligible]burgh' and a baggage car, left Pittsford [ineligible] an hour late, and when on the bridge ac[ineligible] eck, one mile south of Pittsford, the locomotive left the rails some way, soon breaking through the bridge, (which was about 150 feet long) and tearing down the entire structure. The locomotive, cars, and bridge all went down together in one horrible pile. Strange to say no one was killed; to view the wreck it is perfectly unaccountable why all the passengers were not killed. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1877 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
W. F. M. Goss ist einer der ersten Studenten in parktischer Mechanik am Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Caribou (Maine) |
1877 |
J. S. Getchell & Son |
Gründung als "H. H. Gordon & Co." |
| Massachusetts (USA) |
1877 |
Ernst Gessner, Aktiengesellschaft |
Ernst Geßners Sohn David geht von Aue nach Amerika und gründet in Massachussetts eine Maschinenfabrik. |
| North Plymouth (Plymouth) |
1877 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Baldwin (Philadelphia) baut eine Druckluftlokomotive für den Werksverkehr. Sie hat Zylinder d= 5", h= 10", mit zwei gekuppelten Achsen, Raddurchmesser: 24". Sie entspricht den Betriebsanforderungen |
| Plymouth (Mass.) |
1877 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Baldwin (Philadelphia) baut eine Druckluftlokomotive für den Werksverkehr. Sie hat Zylinder d= 5", h= 10", mit zwei gekuppelten Achsen, Raddurchmesser: 24". Sie entspricht den Betriebsanforderungen |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1877 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Aufstellung des Vakuumzylinders unten auf das Fundament |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1877 |
Corliss Steam Engine Company |
Bis 1877 ist Reynolds an der weiteren Entwicklung der Corliss-Maschinen beteiligt. |
| Chatham (Mass.) |
17.01.1877 |
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Schiffbruch bei Chatham Mass. |
| Montpelier (Vermont) |
23.01.1877 |
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Michael Dingley, of Bethel, a fireman on a freight train on the Central Vermont Railway, was killed this morning at Montpelier Junction. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1877 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Der Stadtingenieur berichtet über die Ergebnisse der vorbereitenden Untersuchungen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
09.07.1877 |
Bell Telephone Co. |
Bell, Hubbard and Sanders sign a deed of trust forming the Bell Telephone Company. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
09.08.1877 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Der Stadtrat macht sich die Ergebnisse der Voruntersuchungen zueigen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1878 |
Bell Telephone Co. |
Bell verwendet erstmals den Magnet-Induktor in Telefonen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1878 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Blair bewirbt sich um ein Patent für eine Kamera mit angebautem Dunkel-Zelt. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1878 |
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
Der blinde Bootsbauer John Brown Herreshoff geht mit seinem jüngeren Bruder, dem Schiffbauer und Dampfmaschineningenieur Nathanael Green Herreshoff, eine Partnerschaft unter der Firma "Herreshoff Manufacturing Company" ein. Diese wird ein sofortiger und lange anhaltender Erfolg. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1878 |
Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene |
Der blinde Bootsbauer John Brown Herreshoff geht mit seinem jüngeren Bruder, dem Schiffbauer und Dampfmaschineningenieur Nathanael Green Herreshoff, eine Partnerschaft unter der Firma "Herreshoff Manufacturing Company" ein. Diese wird ein sofortiger und lange anhaltender Erfolg. |
| Hartford (Conn.) |
1878 |
Weed Sewing Machine Company |
Der ersten Fahrräder werden gebaut |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1878 |
Carpenter's Gold and Silver Refinery and Sweep Smelting Works |
Gründung |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1878 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Corliss wird mit dem Montyon-Preis der Französischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ausgezeichnet |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1878 |
E. G. Farmer & Co. |
Gründung |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
1878 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Eine der Shapingmaschinen mit Friktionsgetrieben wird vom US Naval Board als Standard-Machine angenommen |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
1878 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Eine der Shapingmaschinen mit Friktionsgetrieben wird vom US Naval Board als Standard-Machine angenommen |
| Tariffville (Connecticut) |
16.01.1878 |
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A terrible accident took place on the Connecticut Western Railroad just beyond Tariffville, about ten miles from Hartford at 10 o'clock last night.
The scene was at the trestle bridge crossing the Farmington river just west of the village. The train was bound for Millerton and carried passengers for all stations between this city and that place, who came in to attend the MOODY and SANKEY meeting. Two engines, the baggage car and three passenger coaches went down on the western end of the bridge -- the engines touching the shore, three cars breaking through the ice into three feet of water, and one car resting on end on one pier.
Seven bodies were recovered at 2 a.m., and others were believed to be in the wreck. |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
28.01.1878 |
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Die erste öffentliche Telefonzentrale wird in New Haven mit 21 Teilnehmern eröffnet, ein Jahr nach der Patentierung des Kohlemikrophons durch Hughes, Edison und Blake in den Vereinigten Staaten |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
21.02.1878 |
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First telephone directory in the US is issued at New Haven , Connecticut, listing 50 subscribers. April Photographic plates coated with gelatine emulsion are offered for sale in England by the Liverpool Dry-plate Company and by Wratten & Wainwright. |
| South Egremont (USA) |
März 1878 |
Dalzell Axle Company |
Tod von David Dalzell Jr. im Alter von nur 37 Jahren. Er war auch Direktor der "National Mahaiwe Bank" und der "Boston & Poughkeepsie Railroad" |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
07.08.1878 |
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A very sad accident occurred last night, about 11 o'clock, on the New London Northern Railroad, near Northfield Farms, three persons losing their lives. An engine, with one car, a baggage and passenger coach combined, was stopped near Northfield by a slight wash-out, and after the track had been relaid, it proceeded on for a short distance, when the track suddenly caved in, precipitating the engine and tender down a gorge about 20 feet wide and 40 feet deep. The car came to a stop on the wreck, and saved the five passengers from harm. On the engine were Engineer M. J. Patee; Ralph Root, a former engineer on the road, and George Arnold, the fireman. Patee was wedged in on one side of the wreck, the escaping steam scalding the lower part of his body terribly. A bell-rope was fastened around his shoulders and he was drawn out. He died in a couple of hours. Root was found under the wood of the tender, and was taken out dead. Up to a late hour this evening Arnold's body had not been found, and he supposed to be beneath the wreck. The conductor and brakeman were slightly hurt, but all the others escaped, a more terrible catastrophe being averted by an Irish lad on the train, Tom Rouse, who seized a red lantern, and, running down the track, stopped a freight train which was following closely behind. The death of Patee, who was a native of Rutland, Vt., was peculiarly sad. He was engaged to a Brattleboro (Vt.) girl, and expected soon to marry her. To-day she came to claim her lover's body. Root, who met his death while taking a free ride on the engine, leaves a family at Brattleboro. Arnold leaves friends in Westminster, Vt., his home. The night was dark and rainy; the telegraph wires were down, and help was slow in getting to the place. The passengers were cared for at neighboring farm houses. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
17.09.1878 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Erstes Patent auf einen Hydranten |
| South Boston (Boston) |
17.09.1878 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Erstes Patent auf einen Hydranten |
| Bridgeport (Conn.) |
10.12.1878 |
The Ashcroft Manufacturing Company |
Patent auf den Tabor-Indikator |
| Bartonsville (Vermont) |
11.12.1878 |
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An accident occurred about 7 P. M. yesterday on the Rutland Division of the Central Vermont Railroad, about two miles south of Bartonsville, in which two persons were instantly killed, another was fatally , and several seriously, injured. A culvert had been undermined by the heavy rain. The express train which left Boston at 2 P. M. left this place on time, and proceeded rather cautiously, as it was feared that something might be wrong owing to the storm. The accident occurred at the first culvert south of Broadway's mills. Although the water had undermined the culvert, the rails appeared to be all right, and the first intimation of danger was the precipitation of the whole train, consisting of a locomotive, one baggage car, and one passenger car, into the gulf. The stream, though usually a small one, was swollen largely last night, and the gulf opened about 80 feet in length. The conductor was not injured. The engineer, A. L. Pratt, had his collar-bone broken, and was otherwise bruised. The fireman, Edward Davis, of Rutland, was instantly killed. |
| Concord (N.H.) |
11.12.1878 |
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A serious accident occurred on the Montreal Railroad last evening at Sewall's Falls, about a mile and a half above East Concord, in consequence of a wash-out, caused by the heavy rains of yesterday. As the evening through train to Montreal, consisting of a smoking, baggage, and mail car combined, and passenger and Pullman cars, was passing over, the engine and tender were precipitated down an embankment about 150 feet from the road. The baggage-car struck into the side of the wash-out, and "telescoped" into the passenger car next behind. Both cars were thrown from the track, and the occupants experienced only a slight shaking. In the passenger car were 14 people, and in the smoking car 8 or 9. In the baggage car were only two persons, neither of whom was injured. Seven persons were injured: Oscar Boothell, of Lancaster, and Foster, of Littleton, were rather severely hurt, the former being cut in the head and badly cut and bruised, and the latter crushed in the lower part of his body. The engineer, Charles Hoyt, of Woodsville, and the fireman, "Jack" Lawler, of the same place, were found about 70 feet from the locomotive, the latter being nearly buried in mud. Lawler was very severely injured. His face and head were badly cut and bruised, and a leg and arm were broken. Hoyt was scalded in the face, and had his head cut. The locomotive was badly wrecked, as were the two cars. |
| Woodsville (New Hampshire) |
11.12.1878 |
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The through express freight train from Boston, with two engines, went into the river near Wentworth, where the trestle was swept away, and both were badly wrecked. No one was seriously injured. John March, the engineer, was carried several rods down the river, where he caught hold of a bush and saved himself. The bridges were also swept away at Warren and East Haverhill. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1879 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Blair firmiert als "Blair Tourograph Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1879 |
George F. Blake & Co. |
G. F. Blake erwirbt die Produktionsrechte an der Knowles-Pumpe, die von Lucius Knowles in Worcester erfunden wurde und die von der Firma "Knowles & Sibley" hergestellt wird. - In den nächsten 19 Jahren produzieren beide Unternehmen unabhängig, aber unter gemeinsamer finanzieller Leitung. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
1879 |
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
Eintragung der Gesellschaft |
| Fairhaven (Massachusetts) |
1879 |
Boston and Fairhaven Iron Works |
Umwandlung in "Fairhaven Iron Works" |
| Fairhaven (Massachusetts) |
1879 |
Fairhaven Iron Works |
Die "Fairhaven Iron Works" werden Nachfolger der "Boston and Fairhaven Iron Works". |
| Manchester (N.H.) |
1879 |
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. |
Willian E. Drew wird Teilhaber |
| Sharon Valley (Conn.) |
1879 |
Sharon Valley Iron Co. |
Der Hochofen brennt ab |
| Warren (Mass) |
1879 |
Knowles & Sebley |
G. F. Blake erwirbt die Produktionsrechte an der Knowles-Pumpe, die von Lucius Knowles in Worcester erfunden wurde und die von der Firma "Knowles & Sibley" hergestellt wird. - In den nächsten 19 Jahren produzieren beide Unternehmen unabhängig, aber unter gemeinsamer finanzieller Leitung. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1879 |
Wheelock, Jerome |
Jerome Wheelock wird Mitglied im "Iron and Steel Institute", an dessen Sitzungen er regelmäßig teilnimmt |
| Westerly (Rhode Island) |
05.01.1879 |
Stillmann, O. M. |
Tod von Orsemus M. Stillman. Er wird auf dem River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island, beigesetzt |
| Providence (R.I.) |
27.05.1879 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Patent D.R.P. 10595 an George Henry Corliss in Providence für einen Geschwindigkeitsregulator für Dampfmaschinen.
Der Geschwindigkeitsregulator findet bei Dampfmaschinen mit einer auslösenden Ventilsteuerung Anwendung, wobei also die Ventile durch einen eigenen Mechanismus geöffnet und selbstthätig geschlossen werden. Mit der auslösenden Ventilsteuerung ist ein gewöhnlicher Kugelregulator oder ein ähnlicher, durch Geschwindigkeitsänderungen
wirkender Regulator derart verbunden, dafs er die Zeit des Auslösens und Schließens der Dampfventile oder die Absperrung reguliert. Ferner kann der Absperrmechanismus durch einen Handhebel durch den Maschinenwärter reguliert werden. Dient die Dampfmaschine zum Pumpenbetrieb, besonders bei grofsen Pumpwerken, so wird außerdem noch ein Druckregulator angeordnet. Ein ungewöhnlicher Druck in der Wasserleitung wird bei solchen Pumpwerken sofort auf den Druckregulator wirken, welcher dann die Zeit des Dampfeinlasses verkürzt, trotzdem der Geschwindigkeitsregulator infolge des langsameren Ganges der Maschine die Zeit des Dampfeinlasses zu verlängern strebt. |
| South Egremont (USA) |
Juni 1879 |
Dalzell Axle Company |
Tod von David Dalzell Sr. |
| Larrabees Point (USA) |
14.12.1879 |
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The scene of last night's accident on the Addison Railroad was a short curve about 100 rods from the east end of the lake bridge at Larrabee's Point. The supposition is that the shock was caused by the locomotive striking the curve. About 60 feet of track was completely carried away. Roadmaster Horner claims that the accident was caused by the locomotive "climbing" the track. The engine rolled about 50 feet down a clay embankment, turning over three times. The tender became separated, and lodged bottom side up, with its trucks broken off. The train was composed of freight and passenger cars. Two of the freight cars followed the locomotive down the embankment, but were not damaged. One freight and the passenger car remained on the track. None of the occupants of the latter were injured. A wrecking-train went to the place last night, and recovered the bodies of the dead. The body of Stimson was found in the ruins of his cab, badly mangled, the head being crushed flat. Lyman's body was found with Stimson's, while Markham's was lying half way down the bank considerably crushed and scalded, the locomotive having gone over him in its first revolution. Engineer Stimson and Fireman Markham lived at Leicester Junction. Markham leaves a wife and Lyman leaves a family. Lyman had change of the draw-bridge across the lake, and had been to Rutland for supplies. After riding in the passenger car to Orwell, the last station before reaching the place of the accident, he there got on the locomotive in order to be at his post when the train reached the draw-bridge. A second train went from Rutland to-day and repaired and cleared the track ready for the passage of trains on Monday. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1880 |
Bell Telephone Co. |
Gründung |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1880 |
Hinkley Locomotive Works |
Bankrott |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1880 |
Hinkley Locomotive Works |
Nach dem Konkurs: Umwandlung in "Hinkley Locomotive Company" |
| Bridgeport (Conn.) |
1880 |
The Ashcroft Manufacturing Company |
Der 61jährige Edward Ashcroft verkauft seine Mehrheitsanteile an seinem erfolgeichen Unternehmen an die Gesellschaften von Henry S. Manning, Eugene, L. Maxwell und Charles A. Moore, die "Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc." (MMM) |
| Chelsea (Massachusetts) |
1880 |
American Fire Hose Manufacturing Co. |
Eingetragen |
| Concord (N.H.) |
1880 |
Hobbs, Gordon & Co. |
Gründung durch Horatio Hobbs und Edward F. Gordon. |
| Connecticut |
1880 |
---- |
In Connecticut sind 1880 57.027 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Dexter (Maine) |
1880 |
Dexter Mills Company |
Die "Dexter Mills Company" werden neu organisiert und firmieren als "Dexter Woolen Mills Company" mit Richard W. Robinson als Präsident. |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1880 |
---- |
In den Baumwollspinnereien sind 1.390.830 Spindeln vorhanden |
| Guilford (Conn., USA) |
1880 |
I. S. Spencer's Sons |
Erweiterung der Gießerei |
| Lime Rock (Conn.) |
1880 |
Canaan Furnaces |
Modernisierung des zweiten Hochofens |
| Massachusetts |
1880 |
---- |
In Massachusetts sind 1880 171.397 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
1880 |
Rowland Machine Co. |
George C. Moore kommt nach New Haven und tritt nach einiger Zeit bei Rowland ein |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1880-1889 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Brown & Sharpe bringt in den 1880er Jahre gute Wasserwaagen zum Ausrichten und Anreißen bei der Montage auf den Markt |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1880-1889 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Die Vertikaldrehbank wird in den 1880er Jahren mit Revolverkopf ausgestattet (Bohr- und Drehwerk) und als kleines Modell als ausgesprochene Nabenlochbohrmaschine gebaut (Brown & Sharpe, Bullard) |
| Rhode Island |
1880 |
---- |
In Rhode Island sind 1880 41.335 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1880 |
Fall Mountain Paper Co.'s steam saw-mill |
Gründung |
| South Egremont (USA) |
1880 |
Dalzell Axle Company |
Der überlebende Teilhaber William C. Dalzell nimmt Roscoe C. Taft als Teilhaber auf, einen erfahrenden Geschäftsmann aus New York City. Damit verbunden Änderung der Firma in "Dalzell Axle Company" |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
bis 1880 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Die Grundfläche wird verdreifacht, ein separates Krafthaus und eine Eisengießerei werden gebaut |
| Westerly (Rhode Island) |
1880 |
C. B. Cottrell & Sons |
Nathan Babcock scheidet als Teilhaber aus, und C. B. Cottrell's vier Söhne, Edgar H., Charles Perkins, Calvert Byron, Jr. und Arthur Cottrell treten ein. Die Firma lautet nun "C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company" |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
bis 1880 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Die Grundfläche wird verdreifacht, ein separates Krafthaus und eine Eisengießerei werden gebaut |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1880 |
Star Foundry |
Gründung durch George Crampton mit 40 Arbeitern |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1880 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
Auszeichnung durch eine Medaille auf der Millers' Exposition. Sie hat den Wert von 500 Dollar |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
30.05.1880 |
Rowland Machine Co. |
Henry W. Leete tritt bei F. C. und A. E. Rowland als Vorarbeiter ein. - Er wird später Betriebsleiter |
| Bolton (Vermont) |
04.08.1880 |
---- |
George W. Jackman, freight agent at Waterbury, jumped from a passenger train at Bolton to-day, going at full speed, and was badly cut and bruised about the face, besides receiving internal injuries that leave him in a critical condition. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1881 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Umbennenung in "Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1881 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Umzug nach Boston |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1881 |
John Robertson & Son |
Gründung unter der Firma "Robertson, Moore & Co." |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1881 |
Osgood & Baker |
Tod von Baker. Osgood ist seither Alleineigentümer |
| Sharon Valley (Conn.) |
1881 |
Sharon Valley Iron Co. |
Wiederaufbau des Hochofens |
| Calais (Maine) |
01.07.1881 |
---- |
First international telephone call is made between Calais, Maine in the USA and St Stephen, New Brunswick in Canada. |
| Norwalk (Conn.) |
Juli 1881 |
Norwalk Iron Works Co. |
Erteilung eines Patents für einen mehrstufigen Kompressor, den ersten weltweit |
| South Norwalk (Norwalk) |
Juli 1881 |
Norwalk Iron Works Co. |
Erteilung eines Patents für einen mehrstufigen Kompressor, den ersten weltweit |
| Lawrence (Mass.) |
01.11.1881 bis 31.12.1881 |
Armington & Sims Machine Shop & Foundry |
Armington & Sims zieht von Lawrence, Massachusetts, nach Providence in die 546 High Street um. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
01.11.1881 bis 31.12.1881 |
Armington & Sims Machine Shop & Foundry |
Armington & Sims zieht von Lawrence, Massachusetts, nach Providence in die 546 High Street um. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
11.1881 |
Osgood & Baker |
Die Gießerei in der Wells Street wird durch Feuer zerstört. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
Ende 1881 |
Osgood & Baker |
Die abgebrannte Gießerei wird sofort wieder aufgebaut |
| Bath (Maine) |
1882 |
Bath Iron Works |
Die "Goss Marine Iron Works" werden in der Nähe gegründet |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1882 |
Bell Telephone Co. |
Die Schweizerische Telefonverwaltung bestellt 100 Telefonapparate bei Bell in Boston |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1882 |
The Mason Regulator Co. |
Gründung durch den Erfinder William B. Mason |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1882 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Der hydraulische Gesteinsbohrer wird vervollkommnet. Er hat Zylinder mit 5" Durchmesser und 5" Hub und ist zweiseitig wirkend |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1882 |
Putnam Machine Co. |
Gründung der "Putnam Tool Co." durch zwei Söhne von Salmon W. Putnam, S. W. Putnam, Jr. und George Putnam, in der Walnut Street. Salmon W. Putnam ist der Präsident und George E. Putnam als leitender Buchhalter |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1882-1886 |
Putnam Machine Co. |
Es wird eine neue Fabrik errichtet. Neue Entwürfe für Werkzeugmaschinen (1882-1886) |
| Gardiner (Maine) |
1882 |
Philip C. Holmes & Co. |
Tod von Philip C. Holmes |
| Hartford (Conn.) |
1882 |
Woodruff Iron Works |
Tod von Samuel Woodruff im Alter von 68 Jahren |
| Melrose (Massachusetts) |
1882 |
Boston Rubber Shoe Company |
Eröffnung einer zweiten Schuhfabrik der "Boston Rubber Shoe Co." in Melrose, Washington Street. |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
1882 |
Rowland Machine Co. |
Henry W. Leete heiratet Frl. Harriet Prout |
| Orono (Maine) |
1882 |
The University of Maine |
Gründung der "Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station" als Abteilung der Univerität |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
01.1882 |
John Robertson & Son |
Aufnahme des Geschäftsbetriebs |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
01.1882 |
John Robertson & Son |
Moore zieht sich aus der Firma "Robertson, Moore & Co." zurück. Damit verbunden die Umfirmierung. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
1882 |
Moore, Arms & Thompson |
Aufnahme von Thompson als Teilhaber und Umfirmierung aus "Moore & Arms" in "Moore, Arms & Thompson" |
| Salem (Massachusetts) |
1882 |
Paul B. Patten |
Der Schmied Paul B. Patten (*1837) kommt nach Salem und tritt 1859 in die Schmiede und Maschinenwerkstatt von Abner C. Goodell ein. Der Name des Unternehmens ändert sich in den nächsten 14 Jahren. Dann geht er eine Geschäftspartnerschaft mit Zina Goodell ein und führt das Unternehmen mit Goodell neun Jahre weiter. Danach kauft er das Geschäft Ecke Dogde und Lafayette Street. |
| Wickford (R.I.) |
1882 |
William Gregory |
Syria Vaughn überträgt das Eigentum an der Chapin Mill auf seinen Schwiegersohn William Gregory |
| Wells (Maine) |
02.01.1882 |
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As the half-past eight train from Boston on the Boston and Maine railroad, Conductor Weymouth,with two engines, crossed the iron bridge at Coles' Corner, at Wells, the bridge gave way after the engines, baggage and parlor car had crossed, precipitating the other fur cars down an embankment, and they immediately caught fire and were totally destroyed.
There were about one hundred passengers on board. One man, whose name is unknown, was killed. J. HENRY DOWNER, of Berwick, Me., probably fatally hurt. Conductor Weymouth and James Nolan, brakeman, were badly wounded, and Leland and James Canney, of Pittsfield, were also badly hurt. The following passengers were injured: William H. Purdy; of Old Orchard, wounded in the eye: C. D. Parish, of Salem, N. Y., slightly hurt; --- Warren, of York, Me., broken arm; Joseph P. Roberts, of Charlestown, Mass., slightly hurt; C. K. Tibbets, of Boston, badly bruised; Mrs. Frank H. Peabody and daughter, of Kennebunk, slightly bruised; Lizzie M. Dixon, of Wells, Me., slightly bruised; Joshua H. Smalley, of West Dennis, Mass., ribs broken; Mrs. G. A. Clark, of Portland, injured in the head; Paul Wild, of South Braintree, Mass., severely bruised about the head; William Hazleton, wife and son, of Haverhill, slightly injured. Drs. Roeb and Wentworth, of Kennebunk, and Hall, of Wells, were on hand and rendered all possible assistance. A special train from Portland has arrived with physicians on hand. |
| North Plymouth (Plymouth) |
04.03.1882 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Tod von Charles Walter Spooner (Sohn des Gründers Bourne Spooner) in Plymouth |
| Plymouth (Mass.) |
04.03.1882 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Tod von Charles Walter Spooner (Sohn des Gründers Bourne Spooner) in Plymouth |
| Bath (Maine) |
28.09.1882 |
Goss Marine Iron Works |
Gründungsversammlung. $96.000 wurde eingezahlt, und weitere Zeichnungen werden erwartet |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1883-1884 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Charles Carr wird Vizepräsident |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1883-1884 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Z. E. Coffin verläßt die Firma und gründet eine eigene in Boston |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1883 |
Curtis, Charles Gordon |
Ch. G. Curtis verläßt die New York Law School. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1883 |
Heinrich Franck Söhne, Kaffeesurrogat-Fabrik |
Die Firma Franck beteiligt sich an der Ausstellung in Boston. |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1883 |
Burleigh Rock Drill Company |
Tod von Charles Burleigh |
| Guilford (Conn., USA) |
1883 |
I. S. Spencer's Sons |
Es kommt eine Messinggießerei hinzu |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
1883 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Gründung durch Zusammenschluß der "Elihu Thomson's American Electric Company" mit "Edwin Houston" |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1883 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Die "Old Stone Mill" wird durch einen Ziegelbau, genannt "Plush Mill", ersetzt. |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1883 |
J. & P. Coats, Ferguslie Thread Works |
Fertigstellung der Zweigfabrik von "J. & P. Coats", Paisley, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. James Coats aus Auchendrayne, Ayrshire, der Sohn von Sir Peter Coats, leitet das Werk. |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1883-1884 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Charles Carr wird Vizepräsident |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1883-1884 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Z. E. Coffin verläßt die Firma und gründet eine eigene in Boston |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1883/84 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
Wheelock entwickelt und erprobt Verbesserungen an Dampfmaschinen, auf die 1885 Patente erteilt werden. Das waren die sogenannten neuen Systemventile, die zu dieser Zeit zweifellos der originellste und wichtigste Schritt im Dampfmaschinenbau seit der Erfindung von Corliss sind. Dieses bekannte Ventilsystem hat als Grundgedanke die Kombination des Ventils, des Ventilsitzes und der Betätigungsteile in einer Schale oder einem kegeligen Stopfen, der in ein entsprechendes Loch im Zylinder eingetrieben und ohne Hauben oder Bolzen festgehalten wird. Sie nutzt auch eine völlig neuartige Methode für den Ventilantrieb und kombiniert eine Reihe von Verbesserungen, die einen wirtschaftlichen Dampfverbrauch sichern. In allen größeren Fertigungsländern der Welt werden Patente erteilt. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1883/84 |
Wheelock, Jerome |
Wheelock entwickelt und erprobt Verbesserungen an Dampfmaschinen, auf die 1885 Patente erteilt werden. Das waren die sogenannten neuen Systemventile, die zu dieser Zeit zweifellos der originellste und wichtigste Schritt im Dampfmaschinenbau seit der Erfindung von Corliss sind. Dieses bekannte Ventilsystem hat als Grundgedanke die Kombination des Ventils, des Ventilsitzes und der Betätigungsteile in einer Schale oder einem kegeligen Stopfen, der in ein entsprechendes Loch im Zylinder eingetrieben und ohne Hauben oder Bolzen festgehalten wird. Sie nutzt auch eine völlig neuartige Methode für den Ventilantrieb und kombiniert eine Reihe von Verbesserungen, die einen wirtschaftlichen Dampfverbrauch sichern. In allen größeren Fertigungsländern der Welt werden Patente erteilt. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
19.07.1883 |
Adams, Isaac |
Tod von Isaac Adams in Sandwich, N.H. |
| Sandwich (N.H.) |
19.07.1883 |
Adams, Isaac |
Tod von Isaac Adams in Sandwich, N.H. |
| Plymouth (New Hampshire) |
04.10.1883 |
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John Merrill of West Plymouth, about 80 years old was struck by an engine at Loon-pond crossing, about three miles northwest of Plymouth, N. H., yesterday, and probably fatally hurt. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
28.11.1883 |
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Shortly after 2 o'clock a disaster occurred to passenger train No. 45, on the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad, leaving Winchendon at 12:20, and due in this city at 2:25 P. M. The train consisted of a locomotive, baggage, smoking, and one passenger car, and the latter, which was the rear car, was densely crowded with people, mostly on their way hither to enjoy the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The total number of passengers was 65, of whom a large proportion were women and children. The train had just made a stop at North Worcester Station, five miles from this city, and had started up again, when on a sharp curve, upon a steep embankment 30 to 40 feet high, the front truck of the passenger car jumped from the rails and the wheels began bounding over the ties.
Fortunately the train had attained a speed of only about eight miles an hour, and one of the passengers sprang for the bell-rope and pulled it sharply. The engineer promptly set the air-brakes, but the brake-rod on the derailed truck was broken, and the rear truck brakes holding, the car, after bouncing along on the ties for 150 feet, went over the edge of the narrow steep embankment, rolling over twice in its descent. |
| Bristol (R.I.) |
26.12.1883 |
Herreshoff, Nathanael Greene |
Erste Eheschließung (mit Clara Anna DeWolf) in Bristol. Aus der Ehe gehen von 1884 bis 1895 sechs Kinder hervor. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1884 |
Boston Camera Co. |
Gündung durch Samuel Turner, der später den numerierten, mit Papier hinterlegten Rollfilm erfand. |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1884 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
E. D. Leavitt erhält den Doktortitel für Maschinenbau vom Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1884 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Die Gebäude erstrecken sich über 5 acres von der Main Street bis zum Sugar River |
| Gardiner (Maine) |
1884 |
Richards Paper Co. |
Gründung |
| Manchester (N.H.) |
1884 |
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. |
Änderung der Firma in "Samuel C. Forsaith Machine Co." |
| Norwich (Taftville) |
1884 |
Ponemah Mill |
Errichtung eines weiteren Fabrikgebäudes |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1884 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Die Flechtwarenfabrik wird unter dem Namen "D. Goff & Sons" eingetragen. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1884 |
Providence Engineering Works, Inc. |
Ab 1884 werden Rice-and-Sargent-Dampfmaschinen mit Leistungen von 150 bis 10.000 PS gebaut |
| South Egremont (USA) |
1884 |
Dalzell Axle Company |
Verwandlung des Unternehmens in eine Gesellschaft |
| South Gardiner (Gardiner) |
1884 |
Richards Paper Co. |
Gründung |
| Taftville (USA) |
1884 |
Ponemah Mill |
Errichtung eines weiteren Fabrikgebäudes |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
1884 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Bau einer Eisengießerei |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
1884 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Bau einer Eisengießerei |
| Fairlee (Vermont) |
17.04.1884 |
---- |
The 2 A.M. train from Springfield was completely wrecked at Fairlee Mountain, the heavy rains having washed a large stone directly across the track. The engineer and fireman were badly bruised, but no passenger was seriously injured. |
| Bath (Maine) |
28.11.1884 |
Bath Iron Works |
General Tom Hyde nennt die "Bath Iron Foundry" in "Bath Iron Works" und läßt die Gesellschaft eintragen |
| Concord (N.H.) |
|
Marsh, Sylvester |
Tod von Sylvester Marsh in Concord (N.H.) an einer Lungenentzündung |
| Bath (Maine) |
1885 |
Goss Marine Iron Works |
Übernahme durch die "New England Shipbuilding Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Umwandlung in "Whittier Machine Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Umzug zur Ecke Granite und West Third Street |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
Es sind in Boston über 100.000 Spültoiletten in Betrieb |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
Calf Pasture Pumping Station |
In Boston gibt es ca. 226 miles = 362 km Abwasserleitungen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885-1886 |
Murray & Tregurtha, Inc. |
Gründung durch die Ingenieure schottischer Abkunft, James und George E. Tregurtha (Vater und Sohn) und John Murray, zum Zwecke der Herstellung von Dampf-Schiffsantrieben; George Tregurtha hatte eine Schifsmaschine erfunden. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
The Mason Regulator Co. |
Erfindung eines Dampfdruckreglers |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1885 |
Whittier Machine Co. |
Umwandlung aus "Boston Machine Co." |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1885 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Bau des ersten dampfbetriebenen Luftkompressors |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1885 |
---- |
In den Baumwollspinnereien sind 1.742.884 Spindeln vorhanden |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1885 |
Ashworth Bros. Inc. |
Robert Ashworth kommt wieder nach Amerika. |
| Manchester (N.H.) |
1885 |
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. |
Tod von Samuel C. Forsaith. - Die Firma bleibt noch mindestens 15 Jahre bestehen. |
| North Plymouth (Plymouth) |
1885 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Bau des turm-artigen Eingangsgebäudes. - Dieses bleibt auf dem Gelände des "Cordage Commerce Centers" erhalten |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1885 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Der 76jährige Darius Goff beginnt Grundstücke an der Westseite des Flusses zu kaufen. |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1885 |
Moncrief, James Alexander |
Eintragung des Dampfboot-Geschäfts unter der Firma "Pawtucket Steamboat Co." mit Robert M. W. Horton als Präsident, James McLay als Vizepräsident und J. A. Moncrief als Leiter der Finanzen und Betriebsleiter. |
| Plymouth (Mass.) |
1885 |
Plymouth Cordage Company |
Bau des turm-artigen Eingangsgebäudes. - Dieses bleibt auf dem Gelände des "Cordage Commerce Centers" erhalten |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1885 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Bis Mitte der 1880er Jahre bleibt Brown & Sharpe der einzige Hersteller der Mikrometerschraube. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1885 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Brown & Sharpe beschreibt 1885 in einer Druckschrift den doppelseitigen Grenzlehrdorn und die Grenzrachenlehre die mit einseitigem Maul als die üblichen. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1885 |
Rice & Sargent Engine Company |
Richard Henry Rice ist seitdem im Forschungslaboratorium des Stevens Institute tätig. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1885/86 |
Rice & Sargent Engine Company |
Richard Henry Rice ist Special Apprentice in den Werkstätten der "Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad" in Dennison, OH |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1885 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Umwandlung in "Whittier Machine Co." |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1885 |
Boston Machine Co. |
Umzug zur Ecke Granite und West Third Street |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1885-1886 |
Murray & Tregurtha, Inc. |
Gründung durch die Ingenieure schottischer Abkunft, James und George E. Tregurtha (Vater und Sohn) und John Murray, zum Zwecke der Herstellung von Dampf-Schiffsantrieben; George Tregurtha hatte eine Schifsmaschine erfunden. |
| South Boston (Boston) |
1885 |
Whittier Machine Co. |
Umwandlung aus "Boston Machine Co." |
| Bath (Maine) |
28.01.1885 |
Bath Iron Works |
Bis dahin wird das Kapital auf $ 100.000 erhöht |
| Abington (Massachusetts) |
29.05.1885 |
Abington - Rockland Joint Water Works |
Annahme des Wasserwerksprojekts durch die Stadt Abington |
| Rockland (Massachusetts) |
29.05.1885 |
Abington - Rockland Joint Water Works |
Annahme des Wasserwerksprojekts durch die Stadt Abington |
| Rockland (Massachusetts) |
12.06.1885 |
Abington - Rockland Joint Water Works |
Annahme des Wasserwerksprojekts durch die Stadt Rockland |
| Saint Johnsbury (USA) |
31.07.1885 |
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A bad smash-up occurred to-night, four miles west of here, on the Vermont Division of the Boston and Lowell Railroad. A mixed train drawn by two engines ran into a washout, smashing both engines and six cars. Frank Place, a fireman, was caught by the leg between his engine and a rock. Joe Reed, engineer, was badly burned or scalded about the face, and Fred Lawrence, engineer, and Dan Cotter, firemen of the forward engine, are missing. Howard Harrison, a brakeman, detached the passenger car and came to this city for help; it being down grade no engine was needed. A wrecking train with physicians was quickly dispatched to the scene and has just returned, bringing Reed and Place, who are seriously, but not fatally, injured. Nothing could be found of Lawrence and Cotter, and they are undoubtedly under their engine. Lawrence was a young man, and leaves a widow and child. Cotter was unmarried. The engines are piled one on top of the other, and the work of clearing the wreck will be difficult. The shower which caused the washout was the severest here this season. Lightning struck in one or two places in this vicinity, but did no serious damage. The highways are badly washed. |
| East Andover (New Hampshire) |
18.10.1885 |
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A terrible accident occurred on the Northern Division of the Boston and Lowell Railroad midway between East Andover and West Andover, at 5 o'clock this morning by which three persons lost their lives and five were injured. The Chicago express freight train left here with a double header, the engineers being John P. Emerson and Daniel Scannell, and when they reached West Andover to switch off for the down passenger train it was discovered that they had broken apart. Emerson started in search of the missing cars, and meanwhile the passenger train came along. The passenger train men were informed that Emerson had gone after a part of his train before they left the station. That train stopped at Andover Centre, leaving four passengers, and started southward. When three-eighths of a mile below Andover Centre both trains collided, and as they were going rapidly the recoil was so great that the direction of each locomotive was completely changed. As soon as possible trainmen were sent to the rescue of the passengers on engines. Both locomotives were badly damaged and their engineers were missing. After a long search, they were found under the debris, dead; as was also a brakeman of the freight train who went back with Engineer Emerson on his train. |
| Bath (Maine) |
1886/87 |
Bath Iron Works |
Richard Henry Rice entwirft Schiffsmaschinen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1886 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Verkürzung der Firma von "Blair Tourograph & Dry Plate Co." in "Blair Camera Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1886 |
Gebr. Böhler & Co., Aktiengesellschaft |
In Boston wird die erste Überseevertretung der "Gebr. Böhler" in Betrieb genommen. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1886 |
The Mason Regulator Co. |
Erfindung eines Druckreglers für Pumpen |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1886 |
Ashworth Bros. Inc. |
Ashworth Bros. liefern ihre Kardiermaschine nach Amerika |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1886 |
Fitchburg Steam Engine Co. |
Frederick Fosdick wird zum Oberbürgermeister von Fitchburg ernannt. |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1886 |
Putnam Machine Co. |
Übernahme der "Putnam Tool Co.", die von zwei Söhnen des Salmon W. Putnam gegründet worden war. |
| Great Barrington (USA) |
1886 |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Erstes kommerzielles Wechselstrom-Kraftwerk für das Dorf Great Barrington, Massachusetts, durch die "Westinghouse Electric Co." |
| Mechanic Falls (USA) |
1886 |
J. W. Penney & Sons |
Die beiden Söhne des Gründers werden Teilhaber, verbunden mit der Umfirmierung in "J. W. Penney & Sons Co." |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
1886 |
Hoggson Manufacturing Company |
Der Schreibmaschinen-Konstrukteur Robert Morris in Kansas-City tritt seine Rechte an die Hoggson Mfg. Co. ab. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1886 |
Langelier Manufacturing Co. |
Gründung |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1886/87 |
Rice & Sargent Engine Company |
Richard Henry Rice ist entwirft Schiffsmaschinen bei den "Bath Iron Works", Bath, ME |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
1886 |
Electron Mfg. Co. |
Gründung |
| Waterville (Maine) |
1886 |
Maine Central Railroad Machine Shop. |
Einrichtung der Werkstätte |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1886/87 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
In diesen Jahren verbringt Wheelock viel Zeit im Ausland, um über die Herstellung des neuen Dampfmaschinensystems zu verhandeln. Sein Erfolg ist so groß, dass sie in all diesen Ländern in großem Umfange gebaut wird. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
1886/87 |
Wheelock, Jerome |
In diesen Jahren verbringt Wheelock viel Zeit im Ausland, um über die Herstellung des neuen Dampfmaschinensystems zu verhandeln. Sein Erfolg ist so groß, dass sie in all diesen Ländern in großem Umfange gebaut wird. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
02.1886 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Corliss wird mit dem belgischen Leopoldsorden ("Officer of the Order of Leopold") ausgezeichnet. |
| Assonet (USA) |
13.02.1886 |
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News has reached Fall River that a bad accident occurred on the Old Colony railway, at Assonet Station. The accident was due to the washing out of a culvert by the heavy rain that has prevailed in this section for the past twenty-four hours. The train consisted of an engine and twenty-five or thirty coal cars. The only death reported is that of the fireman, who was buried beneath the mass of debris. The engineer and other train men are reported to have escaped without injury. The entire train was precipitated into the culvert. |
| Bardwell (Franklin, Mass.) |
07.04.1886 |
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A terrible disaster occurred on the Fitchburg railroad to-night, midway between Bardwell's ferry and West Deerfield station, the east bound passenger train, due at Greenfield at 6:05 P. M., going over an embankment 200 feet high. Six bodies have already been taken out of the ruins and it is not known how many others were killed. The train was the eastern express, and consisted of a baggage car, smoker, sleeping car, mail car and two ordinary passenger cars. The train was in charge of Conductor FORSTER, with HERBET LITTLEJOHN as engineer. The point where the accident occurred is the most dangerous on the road. Trains run on the edge of an embankment 200 feet above the Deerfield river. The bank is steep and covered with huge bouilders [sic] and masses of rock. When the train arrived at this point the track commenced to settle under it for a distance covering its entire length. The coaches broke from their trucks and went rolling over and over down the precipice. The engine broke from the tender, tearing up the track for twenty feet. Below rolled the Deerfield river, on the very edge of which the cars were thrown. As soon as they struck they caught fire from the stoves. The sleeping car was an entire wreck. It was occupied by seven passengers, not one of whom at this hour is known to have escaped injury. One man whose name is unknown is imprisoned in the wreck of the sleeper, where he is being buried alive. One little girl was picked up dead. |
| Pembroke (Massachusetts) |
02.07.1886 |
Abington - Rockland Joint Water Works |
Augustus H. Wright und Zenas M. Lane the Chairmen des Construction Committees of the Water Works, nehmen für die Städte Abington and Rockland den Great Sandy Bottom Pond in der Stadt Pembroke in Besitz |
| Rockland (Massachusetts) |
02.07.1886 |
Abington - Rockland Joint Water Works |
Augustus H. Wright und Zenas M. Lane the Chairmen des Construction Committees of the Water Works, nehmen für die Städte Abington and Rockland den Great Sandy Bottom Pond in der Stadt Pembroke in Besitz |
| Brattleboro (USA) |
18.08.1886 |
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An accident occurred on the narrow gauge railroad here to-night, in which the engineer of a train and one passenger were killed and seven other passengers were seriously injured. The scene of the accident was one mile from the village, at the mouth of West River, where a bridge, constructed of wood and iron, 200 feet long, spanned the stream 60 feet above the water. The bridge broke down under the weight of a mixed train, consisting of six flat and two box cars and one passenger and baggage car, all of which went down with the structure, burying the engineer under the locomotive in 15 feet of water. The train was loaded with granite, lumber, and smaller freight all of which is a complete wreck in the river. The passenger car and the two box cars went down 35 feet with the trestle work anchored to the pier at the north end of the bridge. |
| Montpelier (Vermont) |
13.11.1886 |
---- |
Three freight engines on the Central Vermont Road were wrecked in a blinding snowstorm this morning, north of Montpelier. The second engine ran into the first and both were dumped. A third engine ran into the other two and was also ditched. The accident caused a delay of three hours. One brakeman was slightly hurt. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1887 |
Chestnut Hill Pumping Station |
Bau des Pumpwerks an der Südseite des Chestnut Hill Wasserbehälters in Brighton. Die Gebäude entstehen aus Milford-Granit und Longmeadow-Sandstein |
| Bridgeport (Conn.) |
1887 |
Yost Writing Machine Co. |
Die neue Schreibmaschine von George Washington Newton Yost erscheint |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1887 |
Derby Street Railway Co. |
Konzessionserteilung |
| Houlton (Maine) |
1887 |
Houlton Foundry and Machine Company |
Übernahme der Gießerei und Maschinenwerkstatt von "J. S. Getchell & Son" durch "Grieves & Shay" |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
1887 |
Yale University |
Seit 1887 Universität |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1887 |
Armington & Sims Machine Shop & Foundry |
Umzug von der 546 High Street in die ehemalige Monohasset-Wollfabrik, Ecke Eagle Street und Kinsley Avenue |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
ab 1887 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Aufstellung von automatischen Werkzeugmaschinen zur Erhöhung der Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit |
| Waterbury (Conn.) |
1887 |
The Scovill Manufacturing Company |
Übernahme durch einen leitenden Mitarbeiter und Umbenennung in "Scovill & Adam's" |
| Waterville (Maine) |
1887 |
Maine Central Railroad Machine Shop. |
Bezug der Werkstätte |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
ab 1887 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Aufstellung von automatischen Werkzeugmaschinen zur Erhöhung der Arbeitsgeschwindigkeit |
| Hartford (Vermont) |
05.02.1887 |
---- |
Train No. 50, known as the "night express," left White River Junction for Montreal at 2:10 o'clock, on the morning of the 5th instant.
The train was on hour and thirty minutes late. The schedule place of meeting the night express bound south from Montreal to Boston, is Randolph. That train was correspondingly late, and train No. 50 was under orders to meet it at Randolph as usual, and started out accordingly at the hour above indicated.
The number of passengers aboard the train was seventy-nine. The trainmen were the conductor, engineer, fireman, two brakemen, baggage man, express messenger, two postal clerks, a Pullman conductor, and two Pullman porters.
The distance from White River Junction to Hartford (formerly known as the Woodstock) bridge, is about four miles. South of the bridge is a curve of three degrees and forty=five minutes in the track, which becomes straight again about 142 feet from the bridge, and so continues for some rods beyond the bridge. From a point some fifty rods south of the bridge to a point about 142 feet there from the grade is slightly downward, when it becomes level and so continues to a point just a point just beyond the bridge. |
| White River Junction (USA) |
05.02.1887 |
---- |
The night express to Montreal which left here at 8:15 last night, ran off a bridge at Woodstock, Vermont, two miles north of White River Junction, and the sleepers and passenger cars and bridge were entirely burned. It is reported that a large number of people were injured; and the number of killed and burned is also reported to be large. The conductor was fatally burned 1 and 2 o'clock this morning on the Central Vermont road.
The train which was wrecked at Woodstock bridge this morning as it left White River Junction, where it is made up, consisted of one sleeper and passenger coach from here. One Chicago sleeper connected at White River Junction, one Boston sleeping car and one mail car from Boston, and one other passenger coach, one baggage and express car. Frank Wesson, son of T. B. Wesson, of this city, of the firm of Smith & Wesson, pistol manufacturers, was among the killed. |
| Northfield (Vermont) |
18.02.1887 |
---- |
The passenger train due at Montpelier shortly after 10 P. M. ran into a freight train near the gravel pit about three miles this side of Northfield. Baggagemaster C. H. Moody, of St. Albans, is slightly injured. The engine and two or three freight cars were wrecked and several hogs in one car were killed. The engineer and fireman on both trains jumped. The accident was caused by the engineer of the freight train supposing the mail had passed the junction when instead it was a special train. |
| Roslindale (USA) |
14.03.1887 |
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Again New-England has been visited with a railroad disaster, and one that has not been exceeded in horror since the terrible at Revere about 15 years ago. The 7 o'clock suburban train from Dedham this morning over the Dedham branch of the Boston and Providence Railroad fell through an iron girder bridge between Roslindale and Forest Hills station, an outlying station of Boston, and about six miles from the city proper. The train comprised nine passenger coaches, six of which, crowded with living freight, were piled in indescribable confusion in the gap below, causing an appalling loss of life and limb. Up to the present time 31 killed have been identified, and the number of injured is placed at over 100, and 70 seriously, while it is a matter of general surprise that any occupant of the crowded coaches escaped serious injury. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
15.03.1887 |
---- |
The recent terrible disaster at the White River bridge, on the Central Vermont railroad, was paralleled, and, with the exception of the fire feature, almost exactly duplicated at Bussey bridge yesterday, on the Dedham branch of the Boston and Providence railroad. At White river four cars were thrown from the track upon a bridge seventy feet above a river, and went down with the bridge, resulting in the death of thirty-two people and the injury of nearly forty more. At Bussey bridge six cars were thrown from the track upon a dry bridge forty feet above the highway, and, with the bridge, crashed down into the street, resulting in the death, according to latest reports, of thirty-two people, and the wounding of from forty to sixty more. At White river the engine and two cars passed safely over the bridge and their occupants escaped as by miracle. At Bussey bridge the engine and three cars passed safely over and their human freight escaped with only a jar.
The scene of this awful calamity is seven miles southwest from Beacon Hill. Between the Forest Hills and Roslindale stations, on the Dedham branch, South street makes a graceful curve, and passes under the railroad, which also curves at that point. The bridge crossed over the highway diagonally, at a height of forty feet, and was 150 feet long. The workingmen's train, consisting of an engine, eight passenger coaches and a smoking car, left Dedham for Boston. WEBSTER WHITE was the engineer. Conductor WEBSTER N. DRAKE, of Dedham, was in charge of the train, and was assisted by Conductors MYRON W. TILDEN, of Dedham, and MR. STUBBS. Immediately behind the locomotive was a passenger car, following next seven other ordinary day cars, most of them of the old fashioned type, two at least with cast iron stoves in the middle of the car, and the rear was brought up by the smoking car -- nine cars in all. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
2. Hälfte 1887 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
Während seiner Abwesenheit geht das Geschäft in den USA so stark zurück, daß sich Wheelock in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres dazu entscheidet, das Unternehmen zum Verkauf anzubieten. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
2. Hälfte 1887 |
Wheelock, Jerome |
Während seiner Abwesenheit geht das Geschäft in den USA so stark zurück, daß sich Wheelock in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres dazu entscheidet, das Unternehmen zum Verkauf anzubieten. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
12.11.1887 |
Central Power Station |
Gründung der "West End Street Railway Company mit Henry M. Whitney als Präsident. Die Bahn wird als eine kurze elektrische Bahnlinie zu einer Immobile in Brookline, einem Vorort von Boston, geplant. Einige Zeit vor der Erteilung der Konzession und bevor ein Bau begonnen hatte, wurde eine Reihe von Pferdestraßenbahnunternehmen zu einem großen Unternehmen zusammengeschlossen, die so genannte "West End Street Railway". |
| Bath (Maine) |
1888 |
Bath Iron Works |
BIW erwerben die "New England Shipbuilding Company" |
| Bath (Maine) |
1888 |
Bath Iron Works |
Die "New England Shipbuilding Company" mit General Hyde als ein Investor erwirbt die "Goss Marine Iron Works". |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1888 |
Boston Camera Co. |
Produktion der "Hawk Eye Detektive Camera" |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1888 |
Central Power Station |
Beim Zusammenschluß zur "West End Street Railway Company" hat die Gesellschaft über 7800 Pferde und 1480 Wagen. Das Geschäft lief das Geschäft läuft sehr gut. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1888 |
Chestnut Hill Pumping Station |
Inbetriebnahme des Pumpwerks |
| Bowenville (Fall River) |
1888 |
New Sagamore Mills |
Neubau der Baumwollspinnerei |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1888 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Ein Erweiterungsprogramm der Fabrik beginnt |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1888/1890 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Die alten, zumeist hölzernen Gebäude, Schmelzofen, Maschinenfabrik und Büro werden durch schöne und massive Ziegelgebäude ersetzt. |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1888 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
Williams arbeit seit 1888 bei der Brady Mfg. Co. an seiner Schreibmaschine |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1888 |
New Sagamore Mills |
Neubau der Baumwollspinnerei |
| Portland (Maine) |
1888 |
Belknap Motor Company |
Gründung der Aktiengesellschaft |
| Portland (Maine) |
1888 |
Portland Foundry and Machine Works, D. T. Kelly & Sons |
Umbildung in "Portland Foundry and Machine Works" |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1888 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
In den Katalogen von Brown & Sharpe tauchen um das Jahr 1888 Hinweise auf Grenzlehren auf. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1888-1889 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Der Brown & Sharpe-Drehautomat entwickelt sich aus der Worsley-Maschine (amerikanisches Patent Nr. 232.869 vom Jahre 1880) und wird Ende der 1880er Jahre gebaut. Seine grundsätzliche Neuerung ist die raschlaufende, für die Ausführung der verschiedenen Bewegungen jeweils eingeschaltete und die volle Umdrehung ausführende Hilfssteuerwelle. Der Revolverkopf ist nicht neu. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
Jan. 1888 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
Übernahme durch die "Wheelock Engine Company". Edward K. Hill ist Präsident Betriebsleiter und Edward F. Tolman ist Finanzleiter. Das Geschäft wird im Merrifield Buidling in der Union Street bis März 1890 fortgesetzt. |
| Haverhill (Mass.) |
10.01.1888 |
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A frightful accident occurred to the Portland express train on the Boston and Maine Railroad, which left Boston at one o'clock this afternoon, the scene of the disaster being near the Haverhill bridge, which spans the Merrimac river between Bradford and Haverhill. The train consisted of seven cars, drawn by the engine Norris, Engineer Thomas French, and in charge of Conductor Weymouth. This train does not stop at Bradford, and was going at great speed. The Georgetown Branch train was standing on the track near the water-tank house at the Bradford end of the bridge, waiting for the espress to pass over to Haverhill.
As the express rounded the curve two cars left the rails and went crashing into and demolished the water-tank house. |
| Stratford (Connecticut) |
18.01.1888 |
---- |
The Washington express, going east, at 2 o'clock this morning, met with an accident while passing through West Stratford. The axle of one set of drivers broke and the large wheel rolled down an embankment to a pond below, carrying some of the framework of the engine with it. The engine did not leave the track. The east track was blocked until 9 o'clock this morning, when the wrecking train, which was sent from New Haven, removed the disabled engine. All trains had to use the west track. Fortunately none of the passengers or trainmen were injured. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
02.1888 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Corliss erkrankt an gastritischem Fieber. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
21.02.1888 |
Corliss, George Henry |
Tod von G. H. Corliss in Providence, R.I. |
| Manchester (Connecticut) |
28.03.1888 |
---- |
There was a bad accident on the New York and New England Railroad near Manchester at 8 o'clock this morning by which the engineer and fireman of a passenger train were killed. The train was an accommodation between Willimantic and Hartford. The crew was composed of CHARLES A. GRANT, conductor; JAMES E. KELSO, engineer, and THOMAS BOYLE, fireman. It left Manchester with three cars loaded with commuters bound for Hartford. Half a mile west of the station is a high railroad bridge over the Hockanum River. As the train approached the bridge the engineer shut off steam to slow up, when, without warning, the boiler burst. The force of the shock was terrific. The locomotive was shattered and the tender thrown from the track. The momentum of the train was sufficient to push the wrecked engine 200 feet. The front platform of the baggage car was demolished, but beyond that no serious damage was done to the train. With the explosion came a cloud of steam, which enveloped the train. The passengers knew they were near the bridge, and when the cars left the rails they were panic-stricken, fearing they were about to plunge into the river. When the train came to a standstill they found Engineer KELSO near his locomotive unconscious and badly scalded, and Fireman BOYLE a few rods back, dead, with a fractured skull. A physician on the train attended the injured engineer, and found the ribs on his right side crushed. He died soon afterward. He was unmarried and lived in Willimantic. THOMAS BOYLE, the fireman, lived in Hartford, and leaves a widow and three children. The engine had been condemned, and this was the last day it was to run. Had the explosion occurred half a minute later the train would have reached the bridge, and would have been thrown off with frightful results. |
| Hartford (Conn.) |
01.04.1888 |
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufactoring Co. |
Auf General William B. Franklin folgt Caldwell H. Colt als Vziepräsident und John H. Hall als Hauptgeschäftsführer. |
| Derby (Conn.) |
30.04.1888 |
Derby Street Railway Co. |
Betriebsaufnahme |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Sommer 1888 |
Central Power Station |
Henry Whitney wird von Frank Sprague nach Richmond, VA eingeladen, um die Erfolge von Spragues elektrischen Triebwagen in dieser Stadt zu sehen. Whitney ist sehr von den elektrischen Straßenbahnen beeindruckt und gibt schnell wieder die Idee einer Kabelbahn (wie in San Francisco) für Boston auf. Er entscheidet sich für ein Experiment mit dem Sprague-System und schließt im Sommer 1888, einen Vertrag für 20 Sprague elektrische Wagen vom Park Square zum Chestnut Hill und Allston mit Oberleitungsbetrieb. Ein kurzer Abschnitt der Linie wird mit dem System von Bentley-Knight mit unterirdischer Stromzuführung ausgestattet. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
04.07.1888 |
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The night express train on the Vermont Central Railroad which left Boston at 7 o'clock last night was wrecked about 10:40 o'clock by a washout near Rockingham, five miles north of this place. The engineer, Moses Pratt, of Rutland, and the fireman, John Pratt, of Rutland, were instantly killed, and several persons injured. The train reached this station at 10"30 o'clock. At this point it was taken in charge by Conductor Whitney. The train consisted of the engine and tender, one baggage and express car, a first-class passenger coach and a Wagner car with passengers for Ottawa. About a quarter of a mile north of Rockingham there is a long embankment about 100 feet high. Just as the train started over this embankment the left side of the single track gave way and the engine left the roadway and toppled down the embankment nearly into the Williams River, followed by the baggage car, which contained 12 passengers, followed suit and landed on end half way down the embankment. Wonderful to relate, the Wagner car, which was well filled with passengers, kept on top of the embankment, although the forward track left the rail. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Herbst 1888 |
Braintree Street Power Station |
Das temporäre Kraftwerk geht in Betrieb, und es sind ab Dezember 100 Triebwagen im Einsatz. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Herbst 1888 |
Central Power Station |
Das temporäre Kraftwerk in der Braintree Street geht in Betrieb, und es sind ab Dezember 100 Triebwagen im Einsatz. |
| Bath (Maine) |
10.10.1888 |
Bath Iron Works |
Die "New England Shipbuilding Co." verkauft die "Goss Marine Iron Works" an die "Bath Iron Works" |
| Bath (Maine) |
10.10.1888 |
Goss Marine Iron Works |
Die "New England Shipbuilding Co." verkauft die Fabrik an die "Bath Iron Works" |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.12.1888 |
Braintree Street Power Station |
Fahrt der ersten elektrischen Straßenbahn vom Depot in Allston zum Park Square, zur Beacon Street und zurück |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.12.1888 |
Central Power Station |
Fahrt der ersten elektrischen Straßenbahn vom Depot in Allston zum Park Square, zur Beacon Street und zurück. Den Strom liefert das provisorische Kraftwerk in der Braintree Street. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
31.12.1888 |
Braintree Street Power Station |
Offizielle Einweihung der elektrischen Straßenbahn vom Depot in Allston zum Park Square, zur Beacon Street und zurück |
| Boston (Mass.) |
31.12.1888 |
Central Power Station |
Offizielle Einweihung der elektrischen Straßenbahn vom Depot in Allston zum Park Square, zur Beacon Street und zurück. Den Strom liefert das provisorische Kraftwerk in der Braintree Street. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1889/91 |
Boston Elevated Railroad, Central Power Station |
Erbaut unter Leitung von F. S. Pearson, Chefingenieur der "West End Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1889 |
Central Power Station |
Die Gesellschaft betreibt 9000 Pferde und über 2000 Wagen in ganz Boston und den angrenzenden Gemeinden. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1889 |
Hall, Thomas |
Thomas Hall schafft ein neues Schreibmaschinenmodell mit Sperrschub |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1889 |
Hinkley Locomotive Works |
Schließung |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1889 |
National Typewriter Co. |
Ein wesentlich besseres Modell der "Hall"-Scheibmaschine kommt zum Vertrieb |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1889 |
Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works |
Bau des östlichen Teils der ersten Maschinenwerkstätte. - Die westlichen Anbauten folgen in den nächsten acht Jahren. Alle Teile haben einen einheitlichen Baustil und liegen zwischen der Dritten und der Fünften Straße mit 400' Länge und 165' Breite. |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1889 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
Tod der Ehefrau |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1889 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Einführung des ersten elektrisch betriebenen Kernbohrers |
| East Cambridge (Cambridge) |
1889 |
Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works |
Bau des östlichen Teils der ersten Maschinenwerkstätte. - Die westlichen Anbauten folgen in den nächsten acht Jahren. Alle Teile haben einen einheitlichen Baustil und liegen zwischen der Dritten und der Fünften Straße mit 400' Länge und 165' Breite. |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1889 |
Ashworth Bros. Inc. |
Robert Ashworth wird amerikanischer Vertreter von "Ashworth Bros.". - Auf seinen Rat hin werden zwei Grundstücke in Fall River von den "Globe Yarn Mills" gekauft. |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1889 |
Charles H. Brown & Co. |
Brown erhält für seine Dampfmaschine eine Goldmedaille auf der Weltausstellung in Paris |
| Gardiner (Maine) |
1889 |
Philip C. Holmes & Co. |
Eintragung unter der Firma "P. C. Holmes Company" mit einem Kapital von $300.000 |
| Keene (N.H.) |
1889 |
Beaver Mills |
Die Kuppel auf der Fabrik Nr. 1 wird durch ein Feuer zerstört. |
| Norwich (Conn) |
1889 |
Laurence, Scott & Co. Ltd. Gothic Works |
Das Elektrizitätswerk in Stamp Office Yard mit 2 Dynamos der Größe C7 nimmt seinen Betrieb auf. Es liefert 180 A bei 100 V, und die Verbraucher zahlen einen ermäßigten Tarif je Stadtteil. Die Übertragung erfolgt durch Freileitungen. Am 29. März stimmt der Stadtrat zu, £90 für die Beleuchtung der Free Library zu zahlen; gefolgt am 16. April 1889 durch ihre Unterstützung für die Beleuchtung der St. Andrews Hall und der Irrenanstalt für £200. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1889 |
Riverside Mills |
Die Riverside Worsted werden mit der "Oswego Falls Manufacturing Company", einem Kammgarn-Unternehmen, unter der neuen Firma "Riverside and Oswego Mills" |
| Stamford (Connecticut) |
1889 |
The Blickensderfer Mfg. Co. |
Gründung |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Febr. 1889 |
Central Power Station |
Whitney unterzeichnet einen Vertrag für 20 Elektrotriebwagen, die zwischen der Innenstadt von Boston und Harvard Square in Cambridge verkehren sollen. Die Versuche zwischen den Systemen von Sprague und Thomson-Houston dauern sechs Monate. Whitney wählt Houston-Thomson aus, weil das Unternehmen Whitney Garantien gibt und in der Lage zur Herstellung und Wartung ist, was Sprague nicht bieten kann. |
| Bellows Falls (USA) |
20.03.1889 |
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The Montreal and Boston night express over the Central Vermont Railway, Rutland Division, which reaches Boston at 6:15 A. M., met with a serious accident this morning about one mile north of Rockingham station and six miles north of here. The scene of the disaster was where the road winds along the east bank of Williams River, with an embankment of the right side 30 feet steep into the river, and on the left side a high mountain of rocks.
The engine upon rounding a curve while running at a fair rated of speed, struck a huge boulder which had rolled from above, throwing the train, consisting of baggage car, passenger, and Wagner sleeping coach, entirely from the track, but fortunately they went off on the side away from the embankment. All escaped, some, however, with more or less serious injuries. |
| Rockingham (Vermont) |
20.03.1889 |
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The Montreal and Boston night express over the Central Vermont Railway, Rutland Division, which reaches Boston at 5:15 A. M., met with a serious accident this morning about one mile north of Rockingham station and six miles north of here. The scene of the disaster was where the road winds along the east bank of Williams River, with an embankment on the right side 30 feet steep into the river, and on the left side a high mountain of rocks.
The engine, upon rounding a curve while running at a fair rate of speed, struck a huge boulder which had rolled from above, throwing the train, consisting of baggage car, passenger, and Wagner sleeping coach, entirely from the track, but fortunately they went off on the side away from the embankment. All escaped, some, however, with more or less serious injuries. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
04.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Joseph Moore, einer der Betriebsleiter, schreibt Präsident Whitney und weist ihn auf Probleme mit Armaturen, Motoren, Lagern, Widerständen und Schaltkästen hin, alle notwendig für das die Straßenbahnen der Rapid Transit Boston antreibende Kraftsystem sind. Zusätzlich schlägt Moore vor, dass Passagiere möglicherweise in Gefahr sind: "Das Oberleitungssystem ist nicht ganz frei von Pannen. Stromabnehmer, Stromabnehmermasten, Schalter, Drähte, sowohl Stromabnehmer und Führung sind oft der Grund zu Verspätungen und Ärger." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
09.04.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Die unterirdische Stromzuleitung nach Bentley-Knight wurde schlecht gebaut und muß wegen der Ausfälle und mangelnder Sicherheit Bedenken aufgegeben werden. So berichtet am 9. April eine Zeitung, daß eine Gruppe von Pferden einen Stromschlag während der Fahrt über die Gleise mit Unterleitung auf der Boylston Street erhält. Whitney will auch mit dem anderen bekannten Straßenbahn-System von Thomson-Houston experimentieren. |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
14.05.1889 |
Electron Mfg. Co. |
Patent auf eine Gleichstrommaschine |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.06.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Thomson Houston erhält den Auftrag für 600 Motoren und andere Ausrüstung. Sprague erhält einen Vertrag, um alle seine Motoren aus vorhandenen Triebwagen entfernen. Fred Stark Pearson wurde als Chefingenieur eingestellt, um die Entwicklung des Systems zu beaufsichtigen. |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
01.06.1889 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Thomson Houston erhält den Auftrag für 600 Motoren und andere Ausrüstung für die elektrische Straßenbahn der "West End Street Railway Company" in Boston |
| Oakland (Maine) |
11.06.1889 |
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Several Persons Injured in a Culvert Accident at Oakland, Maine.
Train No. 13, due here at 4 p. m., was wrecked a mile and a half west of this station. A heavy shower had raised Benson Brook and washed out a culvert. The engineers saw the danger, but not in time to stop the train. The engine passed safely over the weakest culvert, but the tender, baggage, express and mail cars stopped on the brink. The following persons were injured: William Underwood, of Lewiston, engineer, arms and legs and breast injured, not dangerous; E. S. Coburn, of South Unity, fireman, legs badly crushed; Mail Agent Patterson, legs and left hand badly hurt; Mail Agent Speare, of Gardner, legs crushed, dangerous; Mail Agent Libby, of Portland, ribs broken, and H. Stevens, express messenger, one leg torn off and the other badly crushed. It will take two or three days to clear the wreck. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
27.06.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Thomson-Houston erhält den größten Auftrag für die elektrische Ausrüstung: Zu liefern sind zwischen 240 - 600 Straßenbahn Motoren, ferner Wartung und Installation von Fahrleitungen. - Der Vertrag für Generatoren und Schaltanlagen folgt ein paar Monate später. |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
27.06.1889 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Thomson-Houston erhält den größten Auftrag für die elektrische Ausrüstung der Straßenbahn in Boston: Zu liefern sind zwischen 240 - 600 Straßenbahn Motoren, ferner Wartung und Installation von Fahrleitungen. - Der Vertrag für Generatoren und Schaltanlagen folgt ein paar Monate später. |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
Juli 1889 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Die Verträge zum Bau eines temporären Krafthauses werden vergeben. |
| Seymour (Connecticut) |
02.07.1889 |
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In confusion, piled up end over end, nearly all of 11 loaded freight cars blocked the Naugatuck track to-day, at the turnout two miles below Seymour. All day until 3 p. m., transfers were made on all the passenger trains, and there were none of them but what were very late both ways. The accident was probably due to a broken wheel or a poor frog. The derailed train was the north bound in New Haven freight, due at Seymour at 4:58 a. m. At the time of the accident a brakeman, John Hutchinson, was standing between the two cars that are most broken up. He was thrown several feet into a tree, but escaped with slight bruises. |
| Brandon (Vermont) |
10.07.1889 |
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The north-bound sleeping train for Montreal on the Central Vermont Railroad was ditched by a wash-out a mile north of here early this morning. Four passengers were injured, but none seriously. The train hands all escaped. The engine and five cars were badly wrecked and travel will be delayed about twenty-four hours.
The train was running slowly---about eighteen miles an hour---and the accident was consequently not so serious as if a higher speed had been maintained.
The injured are : John M. Reardon, Island Pond, Vt.; Baggagemaster McCloskey, Montreal, and J. E. Creed, P. K. Peck, and Wallace Ross, Rutland, Vt.
The swollen stream that caused the wash-out was due to a cloudburst early this morning, which gullied all the highways in the vicinity, undermined several buildings, and washed out the track.
There were about two hundred passengers on the train, including sixty children sent out by the Fresh Air Fund Committee. Most of the passengers have been transferred and have proceeded to their destinations. |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
Aug. 1889 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Beginn des Aushubs und der Bauarbeiten für die dauerhafte Kraftzentrale |
| Lancaster (Massachusetts) |
21.09.1889 |
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An accident occurred on the Boston and Maine Railroad between Lancaster and South Lancaster about 3:30 o'clock this morning. A freight train left Rochester at 6:45 o'clock last evening, and was due here at 4:30 o'clock this morning. A special freight train left here early this morning, and was half-way between Lancaster and South Lancaster when both trains collided. Engineer Edward Lawrence, of Rochester, had his left arm broken. The cars were piled upon each other. The engines were ruined. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
Okt. 1889 |
Central Power Station |
E. P. Allis in Milwaukee, erhält den Auftrag zum Bau von sechs Dreifach-Expansions-Corliss-Reynolds-Dampfmaschinen. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
23.11.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Die Zeitung Boston Globe gibt bekannt, dass Unternehmen mit der Ausbildung der Schaffner beginnt |
| East Hartford (Connecticut) |
27.11.1889 |
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Patrick Rourke, aged twenty-two, was killed at East Hartford, Ct., Sunday, by jumping from a train. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
12.1889 |
Central Power Station |
Die Werkstätten sind sehr beschäftigt und testen die Triebwagen |
| Norwich (Conn) |
Ende 1889 |
Laurence, Scott & Co. Ltd. Gothic Works |
Das Elektrizitätswerk in Stamp Office Yard in Norwich kommt an die Grenzen seiner Leistungsfähigkeit, und ein neues Werk wird erforderlich. |
| Bath (Maine) |
1890 |
Bath Iron Works |
Der Dampfer "Cottage City" ist das erste Schiff, das bei den "Bath Iron Works" gebaut wird. Der Schiffsrumpf stammt von von der "New England Shipbuilding Company"; BIW baut und installiert die Maschinenanlage aufgrund eines Vertrags mit der "Maine Steamship Company" |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1890 |
Blair Camera Co. |
Blair übernimmt die Boston Camera Co. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1890 |
Boston Camera Co. |
Übernahme durch die die Blair Camera Co. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1890 |
The Mason Regulator Co. |
William Mason entwickelt einen hydraulischen Servo-Mechanismus für die Brennersteuerung von Dampfkesseln |
| Caribou (Maine) |
1890 |
J. S. Getchell & Son |
Übernahme von "H. H. Gordon & Co." durch Getchell |
| Connecticut |
1890 |
---- |
In Connecticut sind 1890 98.038 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1890 |
---- |
In den Baumwollspinnereien sind 2.164.664 Spindeln vorhanden |
| Houlton (Maine) |
1890 |
Houlton Foundry and Machine Company |
Waldo Brown übernimmt die Gießerei und Maschinenwerkstatt "Grieves & Shay". - Brown und Walter Mansur bauen den Betrieb aus. |
| Massachusetts |
1890 |
---- |
In Massachusetts sind 1890 355.226 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Portland (Maine) |
1890 |
Belknap Motor Company |
Eintragung der Gesellschaft |
| Portland (Maine) |
1890 |
Thomas Laughlin Company |
Eingetragen |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1890-1892 |
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. |
Das einmal ganz geschlitzte und zweimal eingeschlitzte Spindellager wird anfangs der 1890er Jahre von Brown & Sharpe und anderen amerikansichen Firmen vielfach ausgeführt. |
| Rhode Island |
1890 |
---- |
In Rhode Island sind 1890 85.327 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Sharon Valley (Conn.) |
1890 |
Sharon Valley Iron Co. |
Erneuter Wiederaufbau des Hochofens |
| Surry (New Hampshire) |
08.01.1890 |
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Two Freight Trains Collide on the Cheshire Road Near the Surry Summit.---Engineer S. W. SLATE and Fireman C. W. GIBSON Instantly Killed.---Accident Caused by the Mistake of a Telegraph Operator. Scene of the Wreck, Coroner's Inquest, etc.
One of the saddest accidents in the history of the Cheshire road occurred about 8:30 Monday morning, just above the Surry Summit, so called, and within a short distance of the house of Mr. Scoville, in Westmoreland. Two freight trains, one the local freight from Bellows Falls to Keene, drawn by the engine "Ashburnham", and the other an extra freight going North from Keene and drawn by the mogul engine "Edward C. Thayer," came together in a "head" collision, without a moments warning, upon a curve just above the rock cut at the Summit. Engineer S. W. SLATE and Fireman C. W. GIBSON of the local freight were instantly killed and some of the train men slightly injured. A considerable amount of property was destroyed. |
| Norwich (Conn) |
25.01.1890 |
Laurence, Scott & Co. Ltd. Gothic Works |
Die "Norwich Electricity Company" wird eingetragen und Land an der Stelle der "Dukes Palace Ironworks" wird für £5,100 erworben und ein Elektrizitätswerk geplant. |
| Worcester (Mass.) |
März 1890 |
Wheelock Engine Co. |
Umzug vom Merrifield Buidling, Union Street, in die Southgate Street, South Worcester |
| Epping (New Hampshire) |
28.05.1890 |
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At 3 o'clock Thursday morning Robbins circus train, en route to Epping, was wrecked near the junction of the Nashua & Rochester and Boston & Lowell Railroads in Nashua. One of the cars containing the carriages jumped the track and the remainder of the train was piled up in a total wreck. The circus employes(sic) were thrown from the cars but escaped serious injury. The loss to Robbins is heavy. |
| State Line (New Hampshire) |
25.06.1890 |
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On Thursday morning about half past six, freight train No.19 was derailed just below State Line station, while going South over the Cheshire road. The rear truck of the tenth car from the rear of the train was the one which left the rails, and in a short time tore up the track so that the cars which followed it, did likewise. The engine and cars ahead of the one which caused the mischief did not leave the track. Five of the rear cars merely left the track, and stopped in position so that they were easily pulled on again. Of the others, the first one plowed along in the ditch until it was stopped by the rocks and dirt, and the others followed suit as far as they could, leaving the track torn up and blocked completely. A wrecking train was sent down from Keene and began the work of clearing up as soon as possible, but it was about five o'clock in the afternoon before a temporary track could be laid for the passage of trains. In the meantime passengers and baggage had to be carried around the wreck. The ten o'clock train South went down and returned with the Boston mail and passengers and on the afternoon train the mails were transferred. A mail car was sent North on train No. 6, which left Keene about 7 p. m. Passenger train No. 4, going North, was omitted. |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
15.07.1890 |
Electron Mfg. Co. |
Patent auf eine Gleichstrommaschine |
| Boston (Mass.) |
19.08.1890 |
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A terrible accident occurred to-day on the Old Colony railroad, by which eight passengers and the fireman were instantly killed, and the engineer and twenty passengers injured, some fatally. The train, which was the Vineyard express due in Boston at 1:10 p. m., and consisted of five parlor cars, when within one hundred feet of the other side of President's bridge, and while running at a rate of forty miles an hour, jumped the track, the engine immediately toppling over and the first passenger coach falling on top of it.
The fire from the engine set fire to the train.
The passengers were for the most part injured by escaping steam, many being frightfully scalded. The Quincy fire department was called to the scene as quickly as possible, and shortly afterwards the fire was extinguished.
The dead and injured were removed from the scene, the latter being taken into private houses and to the Quincy Hospital.
A reporter who was on the train says: â??The engine jumped the track on the west side, plunging into the steep bank adjoining the ADAMS estate. The nine cars attached to the engine plunged after it. The first three, a baggage, a Pullman, and a smoking car, went past the engine, but the fourth car, a passenger coach, collided with the engine and was instantly filled with escaping steam. The next five cars remained on the track, but the occupants were badly shaken up. The ill-fated passenger car was completely wrecked. It contained seventy-five passengers, men, women and children. The windows on the east side were all closed, thereby preventing the steam from escaping. The scenes about the car were of the wildest description. Strong-hearted men fainted as the steamed bodies, of a dozen women and children were being taken from the ruins. |
| Quincy (Mass) |
22.08.1890 |
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A terrible accident occurred a few days ago on the Old Colony Railroad in Massachusetts, by which seventeen passengers and a fireman were instantly killed and the engineer and fifty or more passengers were injured, some fatally. The train was the Vineyard express, due in Boston at 1:10 P. M. from Wood's Hole and Martha's Vineyard, and consisted of five or six parlor cars.
The accident happened just after the train passed the Quincy station, and nearly under what is known as the President's Bridge, as the homestead of President John Quincy Adams is nearby. There is a deep cut at this point. The locomotive jumped the rail to the outward track. The baggage car, smoking car and Pullman left the track, but slid by, and, although considerably shaken up, few of their passengers were hurt. The fourth car, however, did not slide, but struck the locomotive, and was badly smashed. In this car were about seventy passengers, and here it was that most of the fatalities occurred. They were due almost entirely to the escaping steam from the locomotive. This fourth car rode upon the engine and was so smashed and broken by the shock that the scalding steam from the locomotive found an easy entrance. Many of the passengers were held down by the seats and others by the wreckage, and were unable to extricate themselves. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
12.12.1890 |
Central Power Station |
Es werden Blitzableiter und Kupferleiter zur Erdung an der Spitze des Schornsteins installiert. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1891 |
Curtis, Charles Gordon |
Nach acht Jahren Tätigkeit als Patentanwalt beschäftigt sich Curtis mit dem Bau von Elektromotoren und Gebläsen. Ferner widmet er sich der Dampfturbinentechnologie. |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1891 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Bau der esten Schrämmaschinen für Kohlebergwerke |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1891 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
John Newton Williams bringt bei der "Brady Manufacturing C." in Brooklyn seine Schreibmaschine auf den Markt |
| Fall River (Mass.) |
1891 |
Ashworth Bros. Inc. |
Bau der Fabrik in Fall River |
| Fitchburg (Mass.) |
1891 |
Fitchburg Steam Engine Co. |
Frederick wird Vizepräsident der "Parkhill Mfg.Co." |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1891 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Bis zu seinem Tode hat Darius Goff zahlreiche Grundstücke eworben ("Pardon Jenks", "New Mill" und "Grist Mill") |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1891 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Tod des Gründers Darius Goff |
| Southbridge (USA) |
1891 |
American Optical Company |
Robert H. Cole zieht sich als Präsident aus dem Unternehmen zurück |
| Willimantic (USA) |
02.01.1891 |
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When the east-bound Washington express on the New-England Road, leaving this city at 2:45 A. M., was a few miles this side of Willimantic yesterday morning, fire was discovered in a Pullman sleeper. It spread rapidly, and the passengers were ordered out and placed in the other sleeper, which, fortunately, had room enough to accommodate them. It was impossible to extinguish the fire, and at Willimantic the car was cut out and the fire department called. Its services were, however, unnecessary, as the fire was got under control by other means before its arrival. An accident of this kind is very unusual, and though the fire evidently started from the heater, it does not yet appear just how it originated. The wood of the car in which it started was badly burned, and the loss will be considerable. The passengers were in great excitement for a little time, and probably did not have a monopoly of unpleasant agitation. They were all got out without accident and their effects were removed uninjured. |
| Bemis (Maine) |
12.01.1891 |
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FATAL WRECK ON THE MAINE CENTRAL----STANLEY HAD JUST PASSED.
The freight train on the Maine Central Railroad that leaves Lunenburg, Vt., for Bartlett, N. H., at 6:15 A. M. started to-day with an engine, twenty-one freight cars and a caboose. The train was several hours late.
After leaving Crawford's, the caboose broke loose and the brakes held it. The rest of the train began to slip on the icy rails, and the brakes did not hold. It soon was going at great speed, and when near Bemis Station the whole train except the engine and the forward car left the track and went down an embankment 500 feet.
Two brakemen, Muir and Jarvis, went down with the train and were instantly killed. The cars contained corn and grain and were smashed to pieces. Jarvis's body has been found, but Muir's has not. The track was badly torn, and it was necessary to transfer passengers on the afternoon train.
Stanley's train had just passed along, and he was to go back the same way in the morning on his way to St. Johnsbury, but he will now have to go to Newmarket Junction. |
| Scarborough (Maine) |
22.01.1891 |
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The local train leaving Portland at 10:25 this morning for Biddeford on the Western Division of the Boston and Maine Railroad was run into in the rear by a wild engine from Portland at Scarborough Beach station. There was a dense fog, and the engineer of the wild engine saw neither the train nor the signals. Five persons were more or less injured. Those hurt the most are W. H. SWASEY, Baggage-master; FAIRFIELD TUTTLE, Car Inspector, and C. E. FOSTER, fireman of the wild engine. The baggage car was on the rear of the train, and this was badly smashed. The passengers were frightened and shaken up, and two, women, whose names are not known, were slightly injured. The three men hurt were brought here and taken to the Maine General Hospital. |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
26.05.1891 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Tod von Charles B. Rice. Sein Nachfolger wird Duncan Upham. |
| Troy (New Hampshire) |
08.07.1891 |
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A bad freight train wreck occurred on the Cheshire division of the Fitchburg road between six and seven o'clock Monday evening. The wreck took place near "Farrar's Crossing," just beyond the old pottery on the road from Marlboro' depot to Troy. The collision was doubtless the most violent that ever occurred on the Cheshire road, and although there was not loss of life excepting the premature killing of a dozen or two of fat hogs, the destruction of property must have been large. Old railroad men who have been on the Cheshire division for years, say they never saw a collision which showed such evidences of the terrible force with which the two trains met, and in which so many cars were ground up before the momentum of the on-coming trains was subdued. The lucky escape of employes(sic) from serious injury is a source of surprise as well and congratulation to all.
What the true cause of the accident was is not officially announced by the officers of the road, but the story of all the train men who were at the wreck seems to agree, and leaves no apparent doubt as to what took place. |
| East Thompson (USA) |
04.12.1891 |
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The worst wreck ever experienced by the New-York and New-England Railroad occurred at East Thompson, Conn, at 6:30 o'clock this morning. Four trains collided with each other, killing three men and injuring four others.
The trains in collision were the Long Island and Eastern States Line limited express from Brooklyn to Boston; the boat train from Norwich, bound for Boston; the regular freight going east from Putnam to Boston, and the Southbridge freight from East Thompson, bound west. The scene of the accident is about ten miles from the Rhode Island line, and the nearest station of importance in Woonsocket, sixteen miles away.
The two freight trains were on the north track and the two passenger trains on the south track when the accident occurred. There were in reality two collisions, the first occurring on a spur track to the north of the two main lines which run through East Putnam.
At the hour named on the spur track, having the right of way on the west-bound track, it was a foggy morning, and without warning the east-bound freight from Putnam suddenly rushed down upon the Southbridge freight. Both engines were demolished and the freight cars on the spur track were forced back with terrific force. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
24.12.1891 |
Central Power Station |
Die ersten zwei Dampfmaschinen mit Vorgelegewellen und Generatoren werden in Betrieb genommen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1892 |
Boston Camera Co. |
Turner verläßt die Blair Co. und gründet die "Boston Camera Manufactoring Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1892 |
Boston Camera Manufactoring Co. |
Turner verläßt die Blair Co. und gründet die "Boston Camera Manufactoring Co." |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1892 |
Butterfield-Mitchel Electric Heating Co. |
Deutsches Reichspatent Nr. 67736 für ein elektrisch erhitztes Plätteisen |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1892 |
George B. Brayton |
Tod von George Bailey Brayton |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1892 |
Thomson-Houston International Electric Company |
Gründung der UEG von der amerikanischen "Thomson-Houston International Electric Co.", Boston, unter Beteiligung der "Ludwig Loewe & Co." und der deutschen "Thyssen & Co.". So verschafft sich "Thomson-Houston" (schon im selben Jahr Teil der "General Electric Co." (GE))- schärfster Konkurrent der AEG auf dem Gebiet der Bahntechnik - Zugang zum deutschen Markt. |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
1892 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Die "Diamond Prospecting Company" (Eigentümer: Frederick Copeland) schließt sich mit Sullivan zusammen |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1892 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
Die Schreibmaschine wird in großem Maße hergestellt |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1892 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
Die Schreibmaschinen-Herstellung wird der Domestic Sewing Machine Co. übertragen. Diese falliert im selben Jahr |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1892 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
Williams kauft die Maschinen und Werkzeuge der Domestic Sewing Machine Co. zurück, um die Fabrikation selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. |
| Kent (Conn.) |
1892 |
Kent Iron Co. |
Schließung nach einem Brand, der das Holzkohlelager zerstörte |
| Lynn (Mass.) |
1892 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Zusammenschluß mit der "Edison General Electric Company" zur "General Electric Company" |
| Mechanic Falls (USA) |
1892 |
J. W. Penney & Sons |
J. W. Penney scheidet aus dem Unternehmen aus |
| Plantsville (Connecticut) |
1892 |
H. D. Smith & Co. |
Eintragung |
| Portland (Maine) |
1892 |
Belknap Motor Company |
Übernahme des Produktionsgebäudes der "Giant Company" und Beginn der eigenen Produktion |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1892 |
Edw. P. Allis & Co., Reliance Works |
Bau von Zweikurbel-Dampfmaschinen mit Schwungradgenerator für die "Narragansett Electric Co." in Providence, R.I. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1892/1894 |
Providence Steam Engine Co. |
Fabrikerweiterungen |
| Southbridge (USA) |
1892 |
American Optical Company |
Tod des Gründers William Beecher |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
1892 |
Charles & Frank Duryea |
Die Brüder Duryea konstruieren einen zweisitzigen Runabout mit 6-PS-Zweizylindermotor und begründen die US-Automobilindustrie |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
1892 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Das von Wendell P. Norton erfundene Schnellwechselgetriebe für Gewindescheide-Drehbänke wird eingeführt |
| Westerly (Rhode Island) |
1892 |
C. B. Cottrell & Sons |
Eintragung mit einem Kapital von $800.000 |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
1892 |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Das von Wendell P. Norton erfundene Schnellwechselgetriebe für Gewindescheide-Drehbänke wird eingeführt |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
04.1892 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Bildung der "Sullivan Machinery Company" als Nachfolgerin der "Sullivan Machine Company" und der "Diamond Prospecting Company" in Chicago, Ill. Es werden die folgenden Fabrikbeamten gewählt: Präsident: Frederick K. Copeland aus Chicago; Vizepräsident: James P. Upham; Maschinenbauingenieur: Albert Ball; Finanzleiter: J. Duncan Upham; Sekretär: Thomas W. Fry aus Claremont. |
| Claremont (New Hampshire) |
April 1892 |
Sullivan Machine Co. |
Eintragung (incorporated) als "Sullivan Machinery Company" als Nachfolgerin der "Sullivan Machine Company". Frederick Copeland wird Präsident |
| Boston (Mass.) |
01.06.1892 |
Thomson-Houston International Electric Company |
Gründung der "General Electric Co." (GE) durch Fusion der "Edison General Electric Co." und der "Edison Electric Light Co." mit ihrer bis dahin schärfsten Konkurrentin, der "Thomson-Houston International Electric Co.". Emil Rathenau ist von der Fusion wenig angetan, da er die Aktien der "Thomson-Houston" erheblich überbewertet findet. Deshalb ziehen sich die AEG und nach und nach auch das deutsche Bankenkonsortium aus ihrem finanziellen Engagement bei dem neuen Unternehmen zurück. - Die engen Beziehungen bleiben allerdings bestehen. Sie sollen in Marktaufteilungen, Beteiligungen und Lizenzverträge münden. "General Electric" spielt in der AEG-Geschichte bis in die siebziger Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts hinein stets eine besondere Rolle. |
| Beverly (Massachusetts) |
17.08.1892 |
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At 5:40 this afternoon Passenger Train No. 112, Rockport to Boston, met an extra freight at Paradise Crossing, on the Boston and Maine, Railroad at Beverly and a collision ensued. The passenger train was going thirty miles an hour and the freight twelve miles. Both engines were totally demolished, and with their coal and water tanks were piled in one heap.
Engineer Jones of the freight engine, with Acting Conductor Fred Macomber and six other trainmen were injured, the first very seriously. Brakeman Frank Heeney of the freight was killed. Francis E. Heeney left Gloucester in the afternoon on an order to run to Beverly and get two freight cars there, one car containing three horses and the other carriages. In the car with the horses was a colored coachman. Two of the horses were killed and one so badly injured that it was taken out and killed. The colored coachman was injured. Heeney was on top of the forward freight car and was pitched over into the wreck and crushed.
On the train were Dr. Brooks of Springfield and Dr. Townsend of Boston. They gave immediate attention to the wounded, and Dr. Dearborn of Beverly and Dr. Cowles arived[sic] in a few minutes. Engineer Jones suffered a bad scalp wound and probable fracture of the skull. Engineer Rand was bruised about the legs and badly shaken up. Fireman Harper had his leg broken and was otherwise badly injured. James Whalen's leg was broken and his scalp out rather seriously. Conductor Macomber of the freight had his ankle fractured.
Parsons and Macomber live in Gloucester. Rand is a Charlestown man. Heeney, who was killed, has a mother and brother in Salem,. and his body was taken there. The smoking car was thrown off the track, but not down the embankment. The other two cars kept the rails and were not much injured, and only a slight shock was felt in the passenger cars. A wrecking gang is at work, but the track will probably not be wholly cleared before noon to-morrow. |
| West Cambridge (Massachusetts) |
16.09.1892 |
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A through freight express train, west-bound, on the Fitchburg Railroad, ran into a passenger train standing on the out-bound track at West Cambridge (Mass.) Junction, telescoping the rear car, killing eight persons outright and injuring nearly forty others, three of whom died next day, and seven others were thought to be fatally hurt.
While standing near the crossing the express freight train, which was bound West, came thundering along, and just as the passenger train started to cross to the Watertown branch the freight train crashed into the rear of the passenger train.
The passenger train engine and the forward truck of the smoking car No. 72 had crossed over on the branch track, which left passenger cars Nos. 39 and 158 on the crossover, and No. 38, the fatal car, standing on the main westbound track.
The cars were piled up on one another in indescribable confusion, completely blocking both tracks for fully one hundred yards. As soon as the accident occurred word was dispatched by telephone to the various police stations in Boston to send surgeons to the scene.
Engineer GOODWIN, of the freight train, says: â??As soon as I saw the signals on the rear of the passenger train I reversed the engine, but the momentum of the freight carried it into the passenger train. Fireman EUGENE ALEXANDER, and I stuck by our engine. I saw no signal or flagman on the track |
| Harrisons (Connecticut) |
21.10.1892 |
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The Boston express freight ran into the Brattleboro freight, bound south, about a thousand feet south of the flag station at Harrison's Landing, Conn., on the New London Northern Railroad. The engines came together head on, and a frightful wreck was the result. The first car of the southbound train contained four racehorses bound for the races at Groton. Four of the five men in charge of the horses were killed outright, and one was so fearfully injured that he died a few minutes after reaching New London.
The men killed were as follows: CHARLES HINER and WILLIAM GILLEN, of Ballston Spa, N. Y.; EDWARD MOORE, of Norwich, Connecticut; _____ McKENNA, residence unknown. Of the fifth man nothing was known and there was nothing upon his person which would tend to identify him.
The racehorses killed were Teddy R., Brockway, Wonderful Cure and Jennie Maynard. The car which carried the horses and men was carried, after the collision, over the engine of the northbound train and then fell over on its side. Other cars of this train were also thrown over and to the side of the Boston freight.
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined and no one can be found who will venture a theory. The railroad officials have nothing to say. The coroner and medical examiner were at work in the case, and the engineer, firemen and other train hands and railroad officials were put upon the stand. The train dispatcher of the road was declared to be the person at fault, and he was placed under arrest by the coroner. |
| Bath (Maine) |
1893 |
Bath Iron Works |
Die "USS Machias", ein Kanonenboot, ist das erste von der BIW gebaute Schiff der U.S. Navy |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1893 |
Atlantic Works |
Errichtung eines dreistöckigen Fabrikgebäudes an der Border Street. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1893/94 |
The Mason Regulator Co. |
William Mason erfindet einen Regelschieber für den Dampfeinlaß bei Dampfmaschinen |
| Central Falls (Rhode Island) |
1893 |
Howard & Bullough American Machine Co., Ltd. |
Gründung durch James C. Potter |
| Derby (Conn.) |
1893 |
Williams Typewriter Co. |
Die Schreibmaschine kommt auch nach Europa |
| East Boston (Boston) |
1893 |
Atlantic Works |
Errichtung eines dreistöckigen Fabrikgebäudes an der Border Street. |
| New Haven (Conn.) |
1893 |
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad |
Pachtung der "Old Colony Steamboat Co." (1905 durch die "New England Navigation Company" übernommen) |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
01.1893 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Die zweite Hälfte des Anwesens "Pardon Jenks" wird erworben und damit die gesamte Wasserkraft. |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1893 |
Bridge Mill Power Plant |
Erbaut |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1893 |
Armington & Sims Machine Shop & Foundry |
Die Firma geht in Konkurs. Fabrik und Ausrüstung werden von Julius Palmer, F. M. Bushnell und James M. Scott erworben. Ihr Unternehmen firmiert als "Eastern Engine Company" [fragwürdig, da noch auf Briefkopf vom 04.01.1896 noch als "Armington and Sims" und diese Herren noch im Vorstand des Unternehmens - nicht jedoch die oben erwähnten Eigentümer!]. |
| Providence (R.I.) |
1893 |
Fuller Iron Works |
Bau einer Maschinenwerkstatt aus Glas und Stahl |
| Stamford (Connecticut) |
1893 |
The Blickensderfer Mfg. Co. |
Die Schreibmaschine kommt auf den Markt |
| Westerly (Rhode Island) |
1893 |
C. B. Cottrell & Sons |
Tod von Calvert Byron Cottrell |
| Chester (Vermont) |
23.02.1893 |
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A big snowplow on the Central Vermont Railroad, pushed by two engines, left the rails and tumbled down an embankment two miles above Ludlow this morning. The snowplow was smashed and one engine. The snowplow was smashed and one engine was shattered. Section Boss Brown of Bellows Falls was fatally injured and Roadmaster Sheehan of Rutland had both legs broken. |
| Gardner (Mass.) |
23.02.1893 |
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A train on the Central Massachusetts Railroad, eastbound, left the track a mile east of Jeffersonville this morning. Two milk cars went down a ten-foot embankment, and were capsized. One passenger coach left the track. There were only a few passengers aboard, and no one was seriously injured, though all received slight bruises and considerable of a shaking up. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails. |
| Keene (N.H.) |
22.05.1893 |
Beaver Mills |
Kesselexplosion. Das Kesselhaus wird zerstört |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
25.05.1893 |
Farmer, Moses Gerrish |
Tod von Moses G. Farmer |
| Norwich (Conn) |
03.08.1893 |
Laurence, Scott & Co. Ltd. Gothic Works |
Das von Scott geplante Elektrizitätswerk der "Norwich Electricity Company" nimmt den Betrieb auf. Es ist nach dem Dreileiter-Gleichstromsystem (110/220 V) gebaut. |
| Chester (Massachusetts) |
08.09.1893 |
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The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Stream. Many Persons Killed or Injured. The Scene at the Wreck.
The Chicago limited express train for Boston broke through a frail iron bridge on the Boston and Albany Railroad one mile and a half east of Chester, Mass., at noon, and four Wagner cars were crushed, killing fourteen or fifteen persons, fatally injuring several others, while at least twenty were badly hurt. The wreck is the worst ever known on the road. The bridge was being strengthened for the big locomotives, and the workingmen who were putting on the plates were at dinner when the crash came. The locomotive passed over the structure, but was smashed, the water tank being thrown a long distance.
The buffet car, two sleepers and a dining car were smashed to kindling wood when they struck the stream twenty feet below, but two day coaches and a smoker in the rear did not leave the track. |
| Newfields (USA) |
Okt. 1893 |
Swamscot Machine Company |
Das Unternehmen kommmt nach Jahren von Schwierigkeiten und Unglück und nach dem Ausscheiden des betagten Mr. Paul in die Hände von Gläubigern. Die Gesamtschulden werden auf $333.646,10 geschätzt. Die Direktoren der Gesellschaft hoffen, die Gläubiger voll auszahlen zu können und daß das Unternehmen erhalten und fortgesetzt werden kann. |
| South Newmarket (Newfields) |
Okt. 1893 |
Swamscot Machine Company |
Das Unternehmen kommmt nach Jahren von Schwierigkeiten und Unglück und nach dem Ausscheiden des betagten Mr. Paul in die Hände von Gläubigern. Die Gesamtschulden werden auf $333.646,10 geschätzt. Die Direktoren der Gesellschaft hoffen, die Gläubiger voll auszahlen zu können und daß das Unternehmen erhalten und fortgesetzt werden kann. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
31.10.1893 |
The Lombard Governor Company |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 507.550 |
| Baldwinville (Mass.) |
07.12.1893 |
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By the explosion of a locomotive boiler near Baldwinville this evening two men were seriously injured, one of them perhaps fatally. The locomotive of the east-bound freight extras No. 116 was standing near the Baldwinville water-tank when the boiler exploded. The engineer, E.W. Otis, of Williamstown, who was oiling a hot-box at the side of his machine, was blown against the signal wires. He was badly bruised and burned but was able to walk. The fireman, S.L. White, also of Williamstown, was on the engine and was blown across the track and over the signal wires. He is very seriously hurt about the spine. Both men were taken to their homes at Williamstown on train No. 3, which was delayed about two hours by the accident. Division Superintendent C.L. Mayne was promptly on had and superintended the clearing up of the wreck and the caring for the wounded men. The cause of the accident is unknown. Engineer Otis declares that he had â??three gaugesâ? of water in his boiler. It is surmised that a coating of mud on the crown-plate may have prevented the access of water and allowed the steam to over heat, causing the explosion. |
| Chester (Massachusetts) |
08.12.1893 |
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Survives a Shooting to be Injured in an Accident
Conductor Jennings of the Boston and Albany has hard luck. A few years ago he was pounded by tramps, last spring he was shot, and last night his back was hurt, in an accident so badly that he is at the hospital. Jennings was riding on the locomotive of his freight train last night, and stood beside the engineer. The train had stopped for water just west of Chester, and when it started two draw bars were pulled out, parting the train. When the cars came together again Mr. Jennings was thrown into the tender where he struck on his back. He was brought to the city on a passenger train last evening. |
| Springfield (Mass.) |
08.12.1893 |
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Michael Dunn, a car inspector for the Boston and Albany railroad, submitted to the amputation of the two first fingers of his left hand at the hospital yesterday. His hand was crushed while raising a car with a jack. |
| Bath (Maine) |
1894 |
Bath Iron Works |
Die "City Of Lowell" ist das erste stählerne BIW-Handelsschiff |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1894 |
Chestnut Hill Pumping Station |
Aufstellung der von E. D. Leavitt entworfenen Riedler-Dampfpumpe (Pumpe Nr. 3) im Chestnut Hill Wasserwerk, Boston |
| Boston (Mass.) |
1894 |
East Boston Steam Pump Station |
Erbaut |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
1894 |
Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin |
Aufstellung der von E. D. Leavitt entworfenen Riedler-Dampfpumpe (Pumpe Nr. 3) im Chestnut Hill Wasserwerk, Boston |
| Fairhaven (Massachusetts) |
1894 |
Fairhaven Iron Works |
Bau eines neuen Werks durch die "Fairhaven Foundry Company" |
| Norwich (Conn) |
1894 |
Laurence, Scott & Co. Ltd. Gothic Works |
Von der "Norwich Electricity Company" werden 1894 186.500 Strom-Einheiten (Preis: je 8d) verkauft. |
| Pawtucket (USA) |
1894-1895 |
Moncrief, James Alexander |
Umbau der "Planet" und Erhöhung ihrer Passagierzahl durch J. A. Moncrief und Namenswechsel in "Pawnee" |
| Portland (Maine) |
1894 |
Belknap Motor Company |
Vergrößerung des Produktionsgebäudes |
| Rockland (Maine) |
1894 |
Morse, Trussell & McLoon |
Eintragung |
| Torrington (Connecticut) |
Mitte 1890er |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Errichtung eines dreigeschossigen Ziegelgebäudes |
| Wolcottville (Torrington) |
Mitte 1890er |
Hendey Machine Co. |
Errichtung eines dreigeschossigen Ziegelgebäudes |
| Lexington (Mass.) |
09.01.1894 |
---- |
First battery operated telephone switchboard is opened at Lexington, Massachusetts by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. |
| Boston (Mass.) |
05.02.1894 |
The Lombard Governor Company |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 533.656 |
| Bath (Maine) |
13.02.1894 |
Bath Iron Works |
Ein Feuer zerstört das Werk |
| Shelton (Connecticut) |
17.05.1894 |
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There was a bad smash-up on the Berkshire division of the Consolidated railroad at the Derby meadows near Shelton and only about 100 feet away from the bridge at 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon. A switching engine attached to some freight cars was backing down grade and was unable to slow up in time to get out of the way of a special freight train that was coming up from the rear.
The presence of the special was discovered in time for the switcher to stop, but the brakes apparently refused to work, and the engine of the freight ran into the tender of the switcher and wrecked it. Eight coal cars were thrown off the spilings into the meadows 20 feet below. William Keileher, a brakeman, who lives at 25 Hedge street, was caught in the wreck and had one of his arms broken and suffered other internal injuries. He was taken to the hospital. He will recover.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the fast freight on the Air Line road between midnight and 2 o'clock yesterday morning, by unlocking the switch at Portland, but luckily the attempt failed. A railroad man discovered that the switch had been tampered with. |
| Greenville (Maine) |
02.07.1894 |
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Train Plunges Over a Trestle Near Greenville. Five Killed Outright. About 7 o'clock this morning a terrible accident occurred to the Montreal express going east on the Canadian Pacific Railway, on a trestle over the west outlet to Moosehead Lake, some twelve miles from Greenville. The train was proceeding at its ordinary rate of speed when it struck the trestle. The engine and baggage, mail, second-class, and smoking cars went over the trestle into a rocky gorge, some twenty-five feet below, it was a wooden trestle with an iron bridge in the centre. About forty feet of the western end of the trestle collapsed beneath the train. The sleeping car was the only one that did not go into the gorge. It was thrown on its side in the gulley. A scene of indescribable confusion followed. The first three cars were telescoped, the tops torn off, and timbers wrenched into pieces. Great seventy-pound rails were twisted like twigs in the debris and baggage and boxes were mixed up and broken. |
| Cambridge (Mass.) |
09.07.1894 |
Spencer, Percy |
Geburt von Percy Spencer in Howland (Maine). - Nach dem Tod des Vaters und dem Weggang der Mutter wächst er bei einer Tante auf |
| Howland (Maine) |
09.07.1894 |
Spencer, Percy |
Geburt von Percy Spencer in Howland (Maine). - Nach dem Tod des Vaters und dem Weggang der Mutter wächst er bei einer Tante auf |
| Boston (Mass.) |
24.07.1894 |
The Lombard Governor Company |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 523.436 |
| Boston (Mass.) |
14.08.1894 |
The Lombard Governor Company |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 524.444 |
