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Singer Manufcturing Co.
| Firmenname | Singer Manufcturing Co. |
| Ortssitz | Clydebank (Schottl) |
| Ortsteil | Kilbowie |
| Art des Unternehmens | Nähmaschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Hier: Werk Clydebank (GB); das Werk war anfangs (ab 1867) in Glasgow. Hauptsitz in Elizabethport (New Jersey). |
| Quellenangaben | [Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1895) 511] [Renters: Nähmasch.-Fachmann III (1957) 298] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1867 |
Gründung des englischen Zweigwerks der "Singer Mfg. Co." in Love Loan, Glasgow |
| 1869 |
Die Singer'sche Nähmaschinenfabrik wird von der Love Loan, Glasgow, in die James Street, Bridgeton, verlegt. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Nähmaschinen |
1867 |
Beginn in Glasgow mit Teilen aus den USA |
1957 |
[Renters: Nähmasch.-Fachmann III (1957) 298] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1895 |
Dampfkessel |
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Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. |
Gesamtleistung |
2350 |
PS |
Wasserrohrkessel |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
Kommentar |
| 1895 |
6000 |
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ca. 6000, davon kommen 4000 aus Glasgow |
| ZEIT | 1895 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The principal parts of the machines were supplied at the beginning (1867) from the head factory at Elizabethport, New Jersey, and were put together and tested in Love Loan for the European demand.
Two years later, premises were taken in James Street, Bridgeton, of sufficient capacity to turn out 600 machines a week; but in two years' time these proved too small, and continual additions had to be made; part of the work had also to be done in Govan Street, and part at Bonnybridge, 18 miles from Glasgow. A weekly average of 5,150 machines having then been reached, it was decided to erect a factory at Kilbowie, 9 miles below Glasgow, large enough to contain all the scattered departments, and to allow of manufacturing 10,000 machines per week.
A freehold property of 46 acres was purchased at Kilbowie-by-Clydebank, and the present factory erected. This production has already been reached, and extensive additions have had to be made to the works. The Forth and Clyde Canal runs past on one side, and the North British Railway on the other, giving excellent facilities for receiving and shipping, which will soon be increased by the completion of the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway through Clydebank. Within the factory grounds are four miles of railway, connecting the various departments with the main line and the canal, and two shunting engines are constantly employed.
Power is furnished by a number of engines, giving collectively about 2,000 horse-power, for which the steam is generated by a number of Babcock and Wilcox tubular boilers, having a total capacity of about 2,350 horse-power. The use of automatic stokers in connection with the boilers has reduced the smoke to a minimum. Hydraulic power is also largely used for hoists, moulding machines, and various other manufacturing operations.
The main structure is fire-proof, and consists of two parallel buildings 75 feet apart and 800 feet long; these are connected by three wings 50 feet wide, and are three storeys in height, except for about 400 feet in the centre, where they are four storeys high. From the centre of this pile rises a large clock tower in the Scottish baronial style, 50 feet square and 200 feet high, forming the most prominent artificial landmark in the Clyde valley. Near the top is placed an enormous clock, the dial of which is 25 feet 8 inches diameter, or 3 feet larger than that of Big Ben at Westminster.
All workers engaged in the manufacture of sewing machines, of which there are about fifty different classes, subdivided into about 300 varieties, for meeting the special requirements of different trades and manufactures, and weighing from a few pounds to several tons each. The various classes of machines are suitable for sewing any sort of materials, from fabrics as fine and soft as gossamer to heavy sails or large factory belts ten feet wide.
Near the entrance to the works is a brick building containing a well-appointed ambulance; and adjoining it is housed a steam fire-engine by Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co., which is manned by a drilled company of the work-people. The water supply is taken from Loch Cochno high up on the Kilpatrick Hills, which provides a strong pressure. Within the works is a large cooking establishment with dining room for the work-people.
Besides these works and the home establishment at Elizabethport, there are other factories at South Bend in Indiana, Cairo in Illinois Montreal, Hamburg, and Floridsdorf in Austria. |
| QUELLE | [Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1895) 511] |
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