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These stores were supported from headquarters at 111 Jericho Turnpike in Syosset, NY and a warehouse in Hauppauge, NY. A limited selection of product was stocked, with full access to a catalog with a wide variety of parts, tubes, cameras, musical instruments, kits, gadgets and branded gear that could be ordered and delivered through the local ...
Two years later a third factory was opened in Amlwch, Anglesey. Budenberg Gauge remained a family-owned company from its inception in 1850 until 1991 when it was sold to Burnfield plc. In 2002 the company vacated its historic Broadheath factory and moved to Irlam, where it continued to manufacture pressure gauges and accessories until 2020. In ...
In 1835 or 1836 Lindeman began manufacturing his own pianos, and according to the 1875 article he employed a single journeyman. His initial address was listed at 48 William Street; [2] by 1836 he established a small factory at the corner of Bank and Fourth streets, but reportedly removed to work for piano makers Gerding & Simon on Long Island as a result of the bank crisis of 1837.
The limestone factory structure is a long (300 by 700) feet, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure with a clerestory running the length of the roof ridge. It features a mansard roofed tower with dormers. The complex was built by Alfred Dolge (1848–1922), who desired to establish an ideal society for his factory workers.
The New York factory burnt down in 1880 - the loss was reported to be $750,000 with only $395,000 insured. [ 4 ] The company rebuilt the factory on the same site, and reopened the expanded factory in 1881, with capacity to exceed that of the Connecticut factory - which closed completely in 1883.
By 1990, New York Air Brake had furnished $100 million worth of equipment for more than half of New York City's R62A's, R68's and R110A/R110B subway cars before NYAB's Transit Division was established as the Knorr Brake Company and moved to Westminster, Maryland.
In 1914, a new factory was built in Bishophill. [7] In 1915 Vickers acquired a controlling stake in the company. [4] During World War I about half of the factory's capacity was turned over to contracts for large naval rangefinders from the main contractor, Barr & Stroud. In 1922 Vickers merged it with Troughton & Simms to form Cooke, Troughton ...
C. Rieger's Sons Factory, also known as Arden Manufacturing Corporation and Piser Company, is a historic factory building located in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx in New York City. It was built in 1906, and is a six-story building clad in yellow iron spot brick in the Romanesque Revival style. The facade and windows are trimmed in ...