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Paterson Iron Co.
| Firmenname | Paterson Iron Co. |
| Ortssitz | Paterson (N.J.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Schmiedewerk |
| Anmerkungen | F. C. Beckwith, Leiter der Finanzen; C. D. Beckwith, Sekretär; J. A. Beckwith, Leiter. |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 63] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 228] |
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Ereignis |
| 09.03.1853 |
Gründung durch Gesetz vom 09. März. Die Aktivitäten beginnen mit der Errichtung einer Schmiede, einer Schweißerei und einem Radreifenwalzwerk. |
| 1855 |
Nach Erwerbung des Patentrechts für den Staat New Jersey, wird einer von Watts' 1000-Pfund-Dampfhämmern aufgestellt. |
| 1861 |
Bisher werden fast ständig Lokomotiv-Schmiedeteile und Radreifen für Lokomotivwerkstätten in Paterson und Jersey City hergestellt. |
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1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Heavy forgings |
| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Whose Works are located within a short distance from the depot of the Erie Railway Company, was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature of the State, passed March 9th, 1853, and commenced operations by erecting a Forge, one hundred and thirty feet long by eighty-six feet wide; a Blacksmith and Welding shop, seventy-five feet long by fifty feet wide; and a Tire Rolling Shop, forty-three feet long, and thirty-six feet wide. This shop is equipped with machinery, by which the Tire, after having been laid on a horizontal face plate, and run between a pair of running rolls and two guide rolls, is taken out so perfect, as to require no boring or turning to fit the wheel centre. In 1855, having purchased the patent right for the State of New Jersey, they put in one of Watts' one-thousand-pound Steam Hammers, and, from that time until 1861, they were almost constantly employed in manufacturing Locomotive Forgings and Tires for the Locomotive shops in Paterson and Jersey City, and a large amount of repair and renewal work for the railroads in the vicinity. The entire machinery of the forge and tire mill is driven by an engine of seventy-five horse-power, built by Wm. Burdon, of Brooklyn. The machine shop is driven by an engine of thirty horse-power, built by Todd and Rafferty of Paterson, New Jersey. The strength and durability of the Paterson Locomotives is no doubt due in no small degree to the skill and care of the managers of this establishment, and their reputation for superior workmanship has become so well established that they are called upon for forgings and tire from every State in the Union. The Forge and Machine shop is now four hundred and eighty feet long by eighty-six feet wide, the Blacksmith and Welding shop one hundred by fifty feet, and the Tire Rolling and Bending shop eighty by thirty-six feet. There are thirteen Heating Furnaces, eight of Watt's patent Steam Hammers (six of one thousand and two of fifteen hundred pounds), two of Nasmyth's Upright Steam Hammers (one of three and one of ten tons), eight Lathes, five Planers, two Slotting Machines, etc. They employ about two hundred men, and turn out from three thousand to four thousand tons of finished work per annum. The Treasurer of the Company is F. C. Beckwith, of Paterson. Paterson, besides her extensive Locomotive shops and Iron-works, is the principal seat in the United States of the manufacture of Silks. In 1860, according to the census returns, there were but four Silk manufactories, whose aggregate capital was 153.000; now there are probably a dozen of these establishments, large and small, which employ nearly two thousand operatives, and produce Sewing and other Silks of a value approximating 2.000.000. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 228] |
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