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The tannery was originally built as a small log structure in 1743 along the east side of the Grist Mill, which is now Luckenbach Mill. Leather was both an important material and a valuable commodity in early Bethlehemm, making the need for the tannery all the greater and one of the most profitable industries. It supplied the necessary leather ...
The Israel and Samuel Lupfer Tannery Site and House, also known as Monterey Tannery, is an historic, American home and tannery complex that is located at Toboyne Township in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]
The tannery employed "several hundred" workers at wages between 50 cents and $1.75 a day. These employees lived in 120 company houses, which each cost $2 a month to rent. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 9 ] In 1892, Proctor had a barber shop, two blacksmiths, cigar stand, Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall, leather shop, news stand, a post office (established ...
J.E. Rhoads & Sons was founded by Joseph Rhoads as the Rhoads Company, a commercial tannery, in 1702 in Marple, Pennsylvania. [2] [3] [4] The company came to specialize in the manufacture of leather belts for mechanical applications. [2] Following the American Civil War, the company purchased the Downing & Price tannery in Wilmington, Delaware.
Westfield Pennsylvania is known for the now closed Eberle Tannery, (closed in 2004) which was one of the biggest sole leather shoe producers in the world in 1976. The tannery was located on Church Street; demolition of tannery buildings was completed in 2021.
The Manasse-Block Tanning Company was an American tannery founded in 1900 by August Manasse and Roy Block, whose families had leather-related businesses in Napa and San Francisco, California, respectively. The Manasse-Block tannery was relocated in 1905 from Oakland to 1300 Fourth Street in Berkeley, on a site previously used by the Deach ...
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It employed nearly sixty men and women that tanned high grade sole leather. Most of the raw material used at the plant came from South America, and many of the finished products were used in the manufacture of Florsheim Shoes. The tannery complex was leveled by a devastating fire in June 1967 and it was never rebuilt. [12]