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Crompton Mills, J. A. Campbell & Bro.
| Firmenname | Crompton Mills, J. A. Campbell & Bro. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Ortsteil | Manayunk |
| Art des Unternehmens | Spinnerei und Weberei |
| Anmerkungen | [Bishop] nur "A. Campbell & Co.". Gelegen am Manayunk Canal (Schuylkill River). Spinnerei und Weberei, Herstellung von Plüsch, Handtüchern und Baumwollwaren. 1876: "A. Campbell & Co."; 1889: "J. A. Campbell & Bro.". Vergl. auch die "Schuylkill Cotton Mills" (1873) und die "Union Mills" (1894), beide betrieben von A. Campbell. Maschinen (1876): 2 Paar Selfaktoren, 26 Throstle-Gestelle, 128 Webstühle, 42 Karden, 3 Zettelmaschinen, 3 Spulmaschinen. Benutzer (1886): "A. Campbell & Co." und (1889): "J. A. Campbell & Bro.": Plüschweberei und Veredelung, 65 Arbeiter (22 Männer, 44 Mädchen), 35 Webstühle, 3 Schermachinen; "J. Ripka & Co.": Handtuch- und Baumwollweberei, 86 Webstühle, 50 A; "Shaw & Bowen": Baumwoll- und Wollspinnerei, 33 A, 1 Wolf, 4 Karden, 4 Selfaktoren mit ja 540 Spindeln. |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 53] [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 1027+2286 (1876+1889)] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1853 |
Erbaut |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Baumwollgarne |
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auch Weberei |
| Baumwollgewebe |
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Herstellung von Plüsch, Handtüchern und Baumwollwaren |
| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1876 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1889 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
Kommentar |
| 1876 |
180 |
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1/4 Männer, 3/4 Jungen und Mädchen) |
| 1889 |
150 |
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| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Represent very fairly a class of establishments that have made Manaywjk, now included within the corporate limits of Philadelphia, a flourishing seat of manufactures, especially for the production of low-priced staple textile fabrics. This firm owns two factories, designated as the "Schuylkill" and "Crompton" mills, which are occupied exclusively in the manufacture of colored cotton goods, sometimes known in tBe market as "Philadelphia goods;" but as these are often found inadequate to supply the demand for their fabrics, they call into their service the machinery of other manufacturers. The mills mentioned consist of an aggregation of buildings having an average width of forty feet, and a floor surface of 144.000 square feet; or, in other words, if extended in a line, one story high, they would make a building, forty feet in width, over three quarters of a mile in length. They contain 14.270 cotton spindles, 1.560 wool spindles, and 1.236 spindles for doubling and twisting - in all, over It,000 spindles and 652 looms. The machinery is propelled by three Corliss engines - the firm being among the first to adopt these engines, now so generally appreciated; and besides these, there are two water-wheels, to be, used in cases of accident or other emergency. The average product of each loom being about twenty-five yards per day, the aggregate annual product is over five millions of yards - consisting principally of pantaloonery ginghams, striped and plaid osnaburghs, etc. The Cottonades made here include all grades of exclusively fast colors (the demand for the very low-priced or fugitive colors having almost entirely ceased), and extend to the very best qualities, such as command a higher price than any other in the market. All the operations necessary for the conversion of raw cotton from the bale into finished fabrics, including spinning and dyeing, are carried on in these factories. They are equipped, provided, and managed with reference especially to supplying temporary demands - whether it be for the highly-colored negro goods sought for in ;the South, or the more sombre and substantial fabrics demanded in the West, or the neater styles required by the merchants of the Middle States. In this respect they differ essentially from the large mills in New England, which are generally provided with machinery for making only one class of goods - and consequently, when the demand for these ceases, they must suspend operations or accumulate stock. In Messrs. Campbell's factories, however, a change, or rotation of fabric, according to the wants of the season, or demands of the market, is so far from being an extraordinary circumstance, that it may be called an established rule. In another particular, too, these mills are operated in a manner that must render them of great accommodation to merchants. Jobbers, for instance, desiring the control or exclusive sale of a certain quality and brand of goods, can have their orders executed by this firm and the monopoly of the brand secured to them. The proprietors of these mills, appreciating the fact that the present high price of cotton calls for a corresponding improvement in the quality of the articles fabricated, are now importing new and improved machinery, with a view of producing a higher and finer grade of goods than any they have heretofore manufactured. The firm of which we have written is composed of A. Campbell and his two brothers, John and William Campbell. The senior partner is a merchant, as well as a manufacturer, having charge of the firm's warehouse in Philadelphia; and thus has the advantage of obtaining more reliable and early information of the wants of the market and the state of trade, than manufacturers who are dependent for such facts upon the advices of agents or commission merchants. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 53] |
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