Wickes Brothers

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FirmennameWickes Brothers
OrtssitzSaginaw (Michigan)
StraßeWashington Avenue
Art des UnternehmensKesselfabrik
AnmerkungenLage: Das GrundstĂŒck an der Washington Avenue wird begrenzt durch die Carlisle, Astor und North Water Streets. Bis 1869 unter der Firma "H. W. Wood & Company". 1904: Firmenleitung: H. T. Wickes (PrĂ€sident und Finanzleiter), W. J. Wickes (VizeprĂ€sident und General-Manager), E. C. Fisher (SekretĂ€r); Hauptverwaltung: 512 North Tilden Street; Werk: Washington Avenue und Tilden Street (zwischen Carroll und Astor Streets). Seit 1907 die "Wickes Boiler Company" als selbstĂ€ndige Gesellschaft. 1912 umfaßten "Wickes Brothers" und "Wickes Boiler Works" etwa sechs HĂ€userblöcke und hatten 400 feet Kai-LĂ€nge am Saginaw River. Um 1966 in der 737 North Washington Street ansĂ€ssig. Siehe auch als Firma in Jersey City.
Quellenangaben[Maday: Boiler making industry (2000) http://www.saginawimages.org] [Wickes Bros.: Steam Boilers (1904) eBay] [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 41]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1869 Die BrĂŒder ĂŒbernehmen den Anteil von "H. W. Wood & Co." (diese vmtl. 1860 gegr.) Ă€ndern den Firmennamen in "Wickes Brothers"
1883 Die Gesellschaft wird mit einem Kapital von 1.000.000 Dollar eingetragen
24.05.1898 Patent auf einen senkrechten Wasserrohrkessel
12.1907 Die "Wickes Boiler Company" wird als separate Gesellschaft gegrĂŒndet.
1908 Betriebserweiterung
1966 Die "Wickes Boiler" werden an die "Combustion Engineering" verkauft. Nach der Renovierung produziert die neue Gesellschaft weiterhin Kessel in Saginaw in der North Washington Street.
1976 Die "Combustion Engineering" beendet ihre AktivitĂ€ten in Saginaw. Über 300 Arbeiter verlieren ihre ArbeitsplĂ€tze. Ein Arbeiter sagt einem Zeitungsreporter, "I guess you really don't have it made nowadays unless you work in the auto plants."




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Dampfkessel 1869 Umfirmierung aus "Wood & Co." 1966 Umfirmierung in "Combustion Engineering" Auch: vertikale und horizontale Röhrenkessel. Vertikale bei der "Detroit Sugar Co."
Dampfmaschinen 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: Steam engines
Gußeisen 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: iron foundry
Maschinerie 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] 1874 [Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] Vorgabe: machinery
Schiffsdampfmaschinen          
SpeisewasservorwĂ€rmer 1904 [Wickes Bros.: Steam Boilers (1904)] 1904 [Wickes Bros.: Steam Boilers (1904)]  




Firmen-Änderungen, ZusammenschĂŒsse, Teilungen, Beteiligungen


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1 Schwesterwerk danach Wickes Brothers ferner in Pittsburg




Allgemeines

ZEIT1907
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTWickes Brothers, an incorporated company with a paid-in capital of one million dollars, is now in the forty-ninth year of its existence, having been established at Saginaw, Michigan in 1860. Its manufacturing plants are located at Saginaw, Mich., Pittsburg, Pa., and Jersey City, New Jersey. Its product of engines, boilers, heaters, pumps, iron working and general machinery, is distributed through its sales offices located in Jersey City, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago, Saginaw, Denver, Colo., and Birmingham, Ala. H. T. Wickes and W. J. Wickes of Saginaw, Mich., are respectively president and vice-president of the Company. Chester Bertolette, who resides at 215 Ege Avenue, Jersey City, is manager and eastern representative, having charge of all business east of Pittsburg.
The Pittsburg store, situated at 117-119 Fourth Avenue, contains the offices and a fine stock of engines, pumps, machinery. etc., ready for immediate shipment, and the plant at the corner of Fifty-fifth Street and the A. V. Railroad has extensive warehouses fully stocked with engines, boilers, pumps, steel buildings, steel structural work, machine tools, etc. Nothing is too large for the company to handle, and in like manner nothing too small, and buyers always know where they may go to get what they need in these particular lines. The Saginaw plant covers four blocks, and produces boilers, heaters, boiler shop tools, and a full line of saw-mill machinery. It has constantly on hand from 700 to 1,000 boilers, engines and machines. The plant at Saginaw was chosen for its exceptional location, being three hours from Detroit, five hours from Toledo, four hours from Chicago, nineteen hours from St. Louis, fourteen hours from Milwaukee or Cincinnati, seventeen hours from Pittsburg and nine and a-half hours from Buffalo. Wickes Brothers furnishes employment to a large number of Jersey City artisans, and is a valuable asset of the city's commercial capital. Its policy has always been for a better Jersey City, and it is always foremost in any movement that demonstrates civic pride. The firm has not felt the effect of the late financial flurry in any way, but finds its business increasing daily with no sign of even temporary abatement
QUELLE[Jersey City of to-day (1907) 87]