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Washington Mills
| Firmenname | Washington Mills |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Spinnerei und Weberei |
| Anmerkungen | - |
| Quellenangaben | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 56] |
| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Probably the largest manufactory of Textile Fabrics in the vicinity of Philadelphia is located at Gloucester, on the Delaware river, about two and a half miles below the city. The works cover an area of ten acres of ground, and include within the sphere of their operations all the processes necessary for converting raw cotton into finely-finished fabrics. The mills for weaving and spinning, known as the "Washington Mills", consist of two brick structures, each three hundred feet long, fifty feet in width, and four stories high, with a two-story picking.room attached to each mill, having chimneys one hundred and ten feet high. There are about seven hundred windows in these buildings, which, when lighted with gas that is manufactured on the premises, present a very brilliant and imposing appearance. The machinery is propelled by two steam-engines, each of three hundred and fifty horsepower, one of them being a Corliss engine, to which the proprietors pay high tribute for its economy in fuel. About seven hundred persons are employed in the various departments of carding, weaving, and dressing, and over thirty-five thousand bales of cotton are consumed annually. The proprietors of these works are nearly all residents of Philadelphia, the President of the company being David S. Brown, of Philadelphia, whose brothers, Jeremiah and Moses Brown, were among the earliest established dry goods commission merchants in the country, and the agents of Samuel Slater, of Providence. For nearly a half century Mr. Brown has been actively engaged in the distribution of American goods, and aiding to advance the interests of American manufactures. The establishments over which he now presides, extensive as they are, have capabilities for far greater development, if the policy of the government should be firmly established in favor of the protection of its skill and industry. They constitute one of the great art schools of the country, for the education of designers and chemists, whose genius we may reasonably anticipate will ere long elevate the art products of America to a level with those of France and Great Britain. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 56] |
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