Cohen's Philadelphia City Directory, City Guide, and Business Register for 1860 (p 21); Philadelphia Co., PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doug Arbuckle ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced In any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From Cohen's Philadelphia City Directory, City Guide, and Business Register for 1860 (p 21) THE TRADE OF PHILADELPHIA List of Factories of the Largest Class, with their Machinery, in and near Philadelphia Sets Sets # Mills Spindles Looms Hands Woolen printing Mach’s Mach’s Gloucester and Washington Mills, D S Brown & Co 3 37,000 800 654 0 2 Manayunk and City Mills, Jos Ripka & Co 6 28,500 1,050 1,185 11 5 Wingohocking Mills, R Garsed and Bro 2 15,000 216 305 0 Western and Coaquannock Mills, Thomas Drake 2 9,812 294 232 6 Kennebeck and Penn Factories, William Divine & Son 2 7,864 260 272 4 Crompton Steam Mills, A Campbell & Co 4 10,184 538 653 0 Eagle Mill, D Arbuckle 1 4,800 130 135 3 Star Mill, T H Craige & Co & J Long 1 10,748 120 345 0 Madison Mill, Hood, Simpson & co 1 5,500 215 230 0 Todmorton and Manchester Mills, Samuel Bancroft 5 11,900 213 295 32 Upland and Crozerville Factories, John P Crozer & Sons 4 18,860 629 540 0 Pioneer and Broad Street Mills, James Campbell 3 6,380 264 230 0 Darby Factories, Chas Kelly & Co 3 7,500 312 280 0 *Horstmann's Factory, W H Horstmann & Sons 1 350 184 400 0 West Philadelphia Silk Mills, B Hooley & Son 2 21,200 0 130 0 Andalusia Woollen Mills, Richard Blundin & Co 2 4,336 174 210 0 Arkwright Mill, Stephen & Whitaker 1 3,350 117 120 0 Flat-Rock Mill, E W & J Preston 1 3,600 72 96 5 Jameson Mills (Norristown), Wm M Jameson 2 19,000 640 400 0 Caledonia Factory, David Milne 1 1,500 240 250 3 Reading Steam-Mill (Reading), Reading Manufacturing Co 1 15,216 350 380 0 Conestoga Steam-Mills (Lancaster), F Shroder & Co; 3 33,000 880 780 0 Patterson & Farnum; Shenk, Bauman, Carpenter & Co McCready's Mill (Norristown), R Ewing 1 14,000 360 400 0 Saukenak and Exton Mills (Phoenixville and Extonville), 2 5,500 190 180 0 G W Richards & Co New Jersey Mill (Millville, NJ), Richard D Wood 1 17,000 488 450 0 Harrisburg Steam-Mill (Harrisburg), Harrisburg Cotton Co 1 12,000 300 240 0 Factories on the Brandywine Brandywine and Roseville Factories, Riddle & Lawrence 2 10,000 210 300 0 Lamont's Mills (Wilmington), D Lamont & Son 1 10,500 150 200 0 Du Pont's Mills, Du Pont and others 4 10,500 250 300 14 Franklin Mills (Wilmington), J B Hughes, P Moody, Sup't 1 6,600 150 240 0