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Morris & Watts Co.
| Firmenname | Morris & Watts Co. |
| Ortssitz | Brantford (Kanada) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Maschinenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Gegründet als "Morris Threshing Machine Co.". Begründer: Alfred Watts (örtlicher Unternehmer und Geldgeber) und George W. Morris, geboren 1850 in Wix, Essex (England), der nach Ontario auwanderte (in der Volkszählung von 1881 erwähnt). 1888 von Edward Ingleton erworben, der die "Conqueror"-Dreschmaschinen und -Zugmaschinen weiterbaute. Die Firma wurde später von J. I. Case erworben. Morris zog um 1897 nach Racine und wurde Hauptbetriebsleiter bei Case. 1904 schied er dort aus und wandte sich dem Holzgeschäft zu. 1908 kehrte der nach Racine zurück, um den "Morris Automobile oil Indicator" herzustellen. |
| Quellenangaben | http://www.smokstak.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-23039.html [Antique Power Magazine 3/4 (2006), Ausg. 3] |
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Kommentar |
| Dampfzugmaschinen |
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1897 |
Ende gegen 1897 |
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Arbeiter |
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Kommentar |
| 1874 |
500 |
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| ZEIT | 1874 |
| THEMA | Angaben zum Unternehmen |
| TEXT | This works was established originally and for years conducted by the late J. Vaughan Merrick, a cotemporary of Matthew Baldwin, and, like him, one of the founders of the great iron industries for which Philadelphia is so celebrated. The Southwark Foundry under Merrick & Sons had for years practically exclusive control of the manufacture of sugar and sugar-mill machinery for Southern and West Indian trade, as a specialty, in addition to general machinery, After the death of Mr. Merrick, the business was carried on by his sons for a short time, and ultimately disposed of to Henry G. Morris, formerly of the firm of Morris, Tasker & Co., of the Pascal Iron Works previously noted, and who had retired from that firm with what would be generally considered a princely fortune. Since then the Southwark Foundry has been under his management, and has made a specialty of heavy machinery and iron work. The works is very extensive, and employs 500 hands in the production of engines, boilers, machinery, etc. |
| QUELLE | [Wigley: Iron industry (1874)] |
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