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Wingohocking Mills
| Firmenname | Wingohocking Mills |
| Ortssitz | Frankford (Pa.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Baumwollweberei |
| Anmerkungen | R. Garsed & Brother, Proprietors |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 47] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1830 |
Richard Garsed, der Senior-Eigentümer, begann in einer Fabrik in New Hope, Bucks County, im Alter von nur neun Jahren. 1830 zieht sein Vater nach Delaware County, und beginnt die Herstellung von mechanischen Webstühlen. |
| 1837/1840 |
Seine Erfindungen ermöglichen es den Betreibern, die Geschwindigkeit der mechanischen Webstühle von 80 Schüssen pro Minute auf 140 pro Minute zu erhöhen. |
| 1843 |
Garsed zieht nach Frankford, wo er die Herstellung von Damast-Bezügen fortsetzt. |
| 1846 |
Erfindung des "Scroll Cam", welcher den mechanischen Webstuhl sehr vereinfacht. |
| 1848 |
Garsed erfindet den Webstuhl für nahtlose Säcke. |
| 1853 |
Bau der Fabrik |
| 1866 |
Bau der Fabrik an Stelle einer früheren, durch Feuer zerstörten. |
| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Are the largest in the manufacturing town of Frankford, and among the largest of the Cotton Mills, in the consolidated city of Philadelphia. They are comparatively new, having been built in 1853, and as nearly fire-proof, as a stone structure, with stone floors, can be made. They consist of several buildings, the main one being five hundred feet long and sixty-six feet wide. It contains twenty thousand spindles, that turn out about four thousand pounds of yarn per day. The machinery is of English and American manufacture, with the latest improvements, and is propelled by an engine of three hundred horse power. About three hundred hands are employed in the spinning department. In another structure, owned by Mr. Richard Garsed, the weaving of fancy fabrics, such as pantaloonery, cottonades, etc., is carried on extensively. This building is a substantial stone structure, one hundred feet long, forty feet wide and five stories in height, and is entirely new, having been erected during the year 1866, on the site of a former mill, destroyed by fire. About one hundred looms and seventy operators are employed in this department. Richard Garsed, the senior proprietor, has been connected with the cotton manufacture since early boyhood, having commenced as an operator in a mill at New Hope, Bucks County, when only nine years of age. In 1830 his father removed to Delaware county, and embarked in the manufacture of Power-Looms, employing his son as an apprentice. On attaining his majority, young Richard succeeded to the business his father had established, and also commenced the manufacture of damask Table and Piano covers, by power-looms. This was in 1842, and it is believed that, previous to that time, no articles of this description had been made on power looms in Pennsylvania, and probably not in America. In 1843 he removed to Frankford, where, while continuing the manufacture of damask covers, he gradually extended his operations until they included cotton spinning, and other branches of the cotton manufacture. For several years the Wingohocking Mills were large producers of Osnaburg, and other goods adapted to the Southern market. Mr. Garsed is distinguished for the active interest he has manifested in introducing improved machinery into cotton mills, and has labored in this field with a zeal, not inspired by the hope of profit merely, that is worthy of all eulogium. His experience and, reliability have gained him the confidence of manufacturers, and he permits no invention or improvement in textile manufacture, either at home or abroad, to escape examination; and if suited to American wants, recommends its immediate adoption. Mr. Garsed has also given evidence of possessing the faculty of original invention, and has made improvements on various machines that have been of great.value to manufacturers. From 1837 to 1840 his improvements enabled manufacturers to increase the speed of their power looms from eighty picks per minute to one hundred and forty picks per minute. In 1846 he invented the Scroll Cam, which very much simplified the power loom, and its value was evidenced by its almost universal adoption on the sliding cam loom. In 1848 he invented a loom for weaving Seamless Bags, and exhibited Salt Bags made by this loom at the Franklin Institute exhibition in Philadelphia, and at the American Institute, New York. Subsequently another person attained fame and profit for a similar adaptation, which he patented. Mr. Garsed has also been a zealous advocate and active promoter of municipal improvements. When the subject of Passenger Railways in the streets of Philadelphia was being agitated, he advocated their adoption through the columns of the daily newspapers and did not cease his efforts until their success and popularity had been assured. The Fifth and Sixth street Railway Company, which was the pioneer of these corporations, elected him President, and he is thus entitled to the credit of having been the first President of the first Passenger Railway in Philadelphia. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 47] |
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