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Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
town, Canton, Stoughton, Braintree, and Wellesley. These engines are also in use in foreign water-works, as for instance at St. Petersburg, Honolulu, and Sydney. The new United States Navy is practically fitted out with Blake pumps, a partial list including the following vessels: Columbia, New York, Iowa, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Massachusetts, Indiana, Maine, Puritan, Miantonomoh, Monadnock, Terror, Amphitrite, Katahdin, Detroit, Montgomery, Marblehead, Yorktown, Dolphin, Machias, Castine, Petrel, Vesuvius, and many others. Briefly, the thousands of patterns cover pumps for handling any fluid or semi-fluid or liquor, whether acid or alkali, under all conditions, from the lightest pressure up to twenty-five thousand pounds per square inch; and similarly any gas or vapor under vacuum or various degrees of compression,—all these machines being driven directly by steam, air, or water pressure, or indirectly by steam or gas engines, electric motors,
South Boston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
industries already established, are still to be occupied. This territory is distant less than one mile from the State House in Boston, and it can be purchased for a lower figure than that quoted for desirable locations in either East Boston, South Boston, or Charlestown. Woodward Emery, Esq., chairman of the Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, referring to this section of Cambridge, says:— The East Cambridge Land Co. was established under a charter from the Commonwealth more thaour, Alfred Morrill, and Albert F. Allen, all of Cambridge. Previous to that time the Walworth Manufacturing Co. had occupied the greater part of the building owned by Allen & Endicott, but they had moved to the new works purchased by them at South Boston. Mr. Barbour had been in their employ for about eight years as clerk and paymaster. This office he resigned to take charge of the affairs of the new firm. The foundry just vacated by the Walworth Manufacturing Co. was leased of Messrs. Alle
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
by contract, which have been put in churches in nearly every State in the Union from Maine to California, besides quite a number for Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, also for the West Indies, heir method has been adopted by many of the leading coal merchants and railroads from Maine to California. Mr. Rawson died October 17, 1893, and the business has since been continued by Mr. Morrisoor selling and disposing of the product of his factory. Subsequently he shipped many goods to California during the gold fever, and also to Australia and England. Even so far back as 1855 steam was New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and St. Paul, the product is sold over the country from Maine to California, and a large export trade is being developed. One million two hundred thousand pounds of crude-Cutting Machine, which is in successful operation in the largest granite works from Maine to California. He was the first to run a quarry entirely by steam-power without the use of horses or oxen.
Florence (Italy) (search for this): chapter 45
have spared no pains to make this as nearly as possible a model building for manufacturing purposes. Practically fireproof, it is built on two sides of a square, with a frontage of two hundred feet on each street and a depth of seventy feet, with a power-house, in addition to the main building, in the rear. The structure is of brick five stories high, with brown-stone trimmings, the whole surmounted by a terra-cotta statue of Athena, made especially for this building by Siligardi, of Florence, Italy. Any one approaching the city by way of the West Boston Bridge is forcibly impressed with the noble proportions and substantial character of this building. In designing and equipping the plant, not only has the closest attention been made to the requirements of manufacturing in the most economical manner, but the health and comfort of the employees have been constantly kept in view. Fresh air warmed over steam coils is forced through the building by means of an enormous fan, and th
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
k from all kinds of marble and granite. It has been found more profitable to do the principal cutting and heavy work at the quarries, though at the Cambridge works from twenty to thirty men are constantly employed to do the carving and finishing. Some of the finest monuments, headstones, tablets, and carved work have been made here, and erected in Mount Auburn and other prominent cemeteries in the United States. The works are located opposite Mount Auburn Cemetery entrance. The Connecticut steam-stone Co., incorporated April 3, 1893, with a paid — up capital of ten thousand dollars, is located on First Street, East Cambridge, and is a branch of the Connecticut Steam Brown-Stone Company of Portland, Conn., the largest stone-cutting and milling establishment in the country. E. Irving Bell, of Portland, is president; J. David Renton, treasurer; and George Everett, general manager. Their business is that of treating building-stone. Since their location in Cambridge they h
Castine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
intree, and Wellesley. These engines are also in use in foreign water-works, as for instance at St. Petersburg, Honolulu, and Sydney. The new United States Navy is practically fitted out with Blake pumps, a partial list including the following vessels: Columbia, New York, Iowa, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Massachusetts, Indiana, Maine, Puritan, Miantonomoh, Monadnock, Terror, Amphitrite, Katahdin, Detroit, Montgomery, Marblehead, Yorktown, Dolphin, Machias, Castine, Petrel, Vesuvius, and many others. Briefly, the thousands of patterns cover pumps for handling any fluid or semi-fluid or liquor, whether acid or alkali, under all conditions, from the lightest pressure up to twenty-five thousand pounds per square inch; and similarly any gas or vapor under vacuum or various degrees of compression,—all these machines being driven directly by steam, air, or water pressure, or indirectly by steam or gas engines, electric motors, water wheels, or other sour
Vesuvius (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
sley. These engines are also in use in foreign water-works, as for instance at St. Petersburg, Honolulu, and Sydney. The new United States Navy is practically fitted out with Blake pumps, a partial list including the following vessels: Columbia, New York, Iowa, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Massachusetts, Indiana, Maine, Puritan, Miantonomoh, Monadnock, Terror, Amphitrite, Katahdin, Detroit, Montgomery, Marblehead, Yorktown, Dolphin, Machias, Castine, Petrel, Vesuvius, and many others. Briefly, the thousands of patterns cover pumps for handling any fluid or semi-fluid or liquor, whether acid or alkali, under all conditions, from the lightest pressure up to twenty-five thousand pounds per square inch; and similarly any gas or vapor under vacuum or various degrees of compression,—all these machines being driven directly by steam, air, or water pressure, or indirectly by steam or gas engines, electric motors, water wheels, or other sources of motive powe
Quiquechan River (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
ess of amount over 5,000,000 gals. in any one year. Cambridge, Mass.$4.00$2.00$5.00$3.00$3.00$2.00$5.00$20.001½c.231 Fall River.5.002.505.005.004.003.006.0030.503 for all purposes. Fitchburg6.002.004.505.003.003.005.0028.503½c. for all purposes. inet work, and have completed order work from special designs for many public buildings, among which are the City Hall, Fall River; State House Extension, Boston; City Hall, Cambridge; Norfolk County Court House, Dedham; and Middlesex County buildingy supplies; general headquarters, 369 Atlantic Avenue, Boston; works at East Cambridge, Mass., Walpole, Mass., and Fall River, Mass.,—was established in 1851. The help employed numbers between four and five hundred people. The works at East Camne buildings has been furnished by the firm. Among them are the Worcester Lunatic Asylum and the Durfee High School at Fall River, also memorial work of every description at other places. The Cambridge soldiers' monument, and the soldiers' monument
Japan (Japan) (search for this): chapter 45
st of manufacturing industries in Cambridge; in fact, the industry was once a prominent one in New England. Competition in the West and the ability to produce a cheaper glass has caused an almost entire removal of the industry to that section. P. J. McElroy & Co. are the only manufacturers of glass left in Cambridge. The business was established in 1853, and the product—glass tubes, philosophical and surgical instruments—is sold over the United States, with large exports to South America, Japan, and Australia. Carlos L. Page & Co. Carlos L. Page & Co., located at Nos. 164 to 174 Broadway, Cambridgeport, have carried on the business of box-making for ten years. They occupy a four-story brick factory seventy-five by forty feet, which, with other buildings, covers an area of about forty thousand square feet. The factory is fully equipped with all modern machinery necessary to carry on a large business. The lumber used in the construction of boxes is brought from Maine and New
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 45
, and Australia. Carlos L. Page & Co. Carlos L. Page & Co., located at Nos. 164 to 174 Broadway, Cambridgeport, have carried on the business of box-making for ten years. They occupy a four-story brick factory seventy-five by forty feet, which, with other buildings, covers an area of about forty thousand square feet. The factory is fully equipped with all modern machinery necessary to carry on a large business. The lumber used in the construction of boxes is brought from Maine and New Hampshire, and about four million feet is used annually. Employment is given to sixty men. David Wilcox & Co. This business was established in Cambridgeport in 1860. The company manufactures fine-grade stiff, silk, and soft hats for the retail trade throughout the country. The capacity of the factory is from sixty to seventy dozen per day. One hundred and fifty hands are employed, and the weekly pay-roll is from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars. The partners are David Wilcox, Elber
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