[349] weights by other than manual labor forced itself upon contractors, pile-drivers, and bridge-builders. These industries early began to assume vast proportions, and it was to supply their demands that the first hoisting-engine was manufactured in this vicinity. Hittinger, Cook & Co., of Charlestown, were the first to design and manufacture this class of engines, and did a large business during the existence of the firm. From their shops was graduated George W. Rawson, a natural mechanic and inventor. He formed a partnership with Michael Hittinger (Hittinger, Cook & Co.), under the firm name of Rawson & Hittinger, and began business at No. 72 Main Street, Cambridgeport. They carried on a large business during and after the war, manufacturing annually about two hundred engines, ranging in price from six hundred to three thousand dollars each. In the year 1884 Mr. Rawson and John G. Morrison established the firm of Rawson & Morrison, and located at No. 29 Main Street (West Boston Bridge). Owing to the many years spent by Mr. Rawson in manufacturing and improving the line they represented, they were enabled to bring their productions to a higher degree of perfection. Being protected by numerous letters-patent, they were in a position to offer to their customers original and improved engines and machinery, constructed to meet the varied requirements. In the year 1883 they began a series of experiments with a view to securing a form of steam-shovel and apparatus adapted to the general discharging of vessels engaged in coal transportation. These experiments resulted favorably, and their 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. Morrison, without change of firm name. It has recently reached such proportions as to demand increased facilities, and a modern steel frame building, two stories, one hundred and fifty feet by sixty, has been erected. This addition is especially adapted for handling heavy work, and is fitted with electric cranes and the most modern machinery and tools. They at present employ one hundred and fifty mechanics. The company was incorporated, May, 1896, with a paid — in capital of seventy-five thousand dollars.
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[349] weights by other than manual labor forced itself upon contractors, pile-drivers, and bridge-builders. These industries early began to assume vast proportions, and it was to supply their demands that the first hoisting-engine was manufactured in this vicinity. Hittinger, Cook & Co., of Charlestown, were the first to design and manufacture this class of engines, and did a large business during the existence of the firm. From their shops was graduated George W. Rawson, a natural mechanic and inventor. He formed a partnership with Michael Hittinger (Hittinger, Cook & Co.), under the firm name of Rawson & Hittinger, and began business at No. 72 Main Street, Cambridgeport. They carried on a large business during and after the war, manufacturing annually about two hundred engines, ranging in price from six hundred to three thousand dollars each. In the year 1884 Mr. Rawson and John G. Morrison established the firm of Rawson & Morrison, and located at No. 29 Main Street (West Boston Bridge). Owing to the many years spent by Mr. Rawson in manufacturing and improving the line they represented, they were enabled to bring their productions to a higher degree of perfection. Being protected by numerous letters-patent, they were in a position to offer to their customers original and improved engines and machinery, constructed to meet the varied requirements. In the year 1883 they began a series of experiments with a view to securing a form of steam-shovel and apparatus adapted to the general discharging of vessels engaged in coal transportation. These experiments resulted favorably, and their 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. Morrison, without change of firm name. It has recently reached such proportions as to demand increased facilities, and a modern steel frame building, two stories, one hundred and fifty feet by sixty, has been erected. This addition is especially adapted for handling heavy work, and is fitted with electric cranes and the most modern machinery and tools. They at present employ one hundred and fifty mechanics. The company was incorporated, May, 1896, with a paid — in capital of seventy-five thousand dollars.
Cambridge, 1896.
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