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Herschell Carousel Factory Museum is a historic carousel factory building located at North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York.The factory complex was constructed between about 1910 and 1915 and consists of six primary structures and five contributory additions.
Herschell produced over 3,000 carved wooden carousels, which were shipped all over the United States and Canada, as well Mexico, South Africa, and India. [4] The factory, bought in 1915, is located on Thompson Street in North Tonawanda. It is one of the last factory complexes in the United States to contain the production of wooden carousels.
Herschell–Spillman Motor Company Complex, also known as the Remington Rand, Inc. Complex, is a historic daylight factory complex located at North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York. The original section was built about 1895 as the powerhouse for the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway .
The Herschell Spillman Company was later sold to Allen Herschell Company, Inc. [3] The company later dropped Herschell's name and was known as the Spillman Engineering Company. [4] The Spillman Engineering Carousel was built in 1920 by the Spillman Engineering Company from North Tonawanda, New York.
North Tonawanda: Carousel factory built 1910-1915; now museum. 26: The Herschell–Spillman Motor Company Complex: The Herschell–Spillman Motor Company Complex: June 5, 2013 : 184 Sweeney St. North Tonawanda: 27
All were built by the well-known carousel maker Allan Herschell (of The Herschell Carrousel Factory in North Tonawanda, New York), all contain wood-carved figures, and all are still working during the summer months subject to weather and restoration projects. Binghamton is accordingly associated with the nickname "Carousel Capital of the World ...
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum: North Tonawanda: Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Carrousel Housed in an original carousel factory building Hervey Ely House: Rochester Monroe Finger Lakes Historic house 19th-century mansion, operated by the Irondequoit chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Hessel Museum of Art: Annandale-on ...
The roll-playing mechanism on the Wurlitzer 146 band organ at the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum in North Tonawanda, NY. 150 Scale. Duplex roll mechanism of a Wurlitzer 153 band organ. Early organs were designed to be compact and operated by an unskilled person or mechanically.