. The city of Troy and its vicinity. eir net earnings, whichdid not include his share of the earn-ings of the works. In 1848, he be-came sole proprietor of the establish-ment, which still bore the name of theTroy Iron and Nail Factory. Aboutthe year 1838, he was elected presi-dent of the company. In 1859, JamesA. Burden was made superintendentof the establishment. The firm of H. Burden & Sons was formed in1864, the co-partners, being HenryBurden, William F. Burden, James , and I. Townsend the death of William F. Burden,December 7, 1867, the business wascontinued by the other
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. eir net earnings, whichdid not include his share of the earn-ings of the works. In 1848, he be-came sole proprietor of the establish-ment, which still bore the name of theTroy Iron and Nail Factory. Aboutthe year 1838, he was elected presi-dent of the company. In 1859, JamesA. Burden was made superintendentof the establishment. The firm of H. Burden & Sons was formed in1864, the co-partners, being HenryBurden, William F. Burden, James , and I. Townsend the death of William F. Burden,December 7, 1867, the business wascontinued by the other members ofthe firm. On the death of HenryBurden, January 19, 1871, James I. Townsend Burden conductedthe business under the firm-name ofH. Burden & Sons, until the incorpo-ration of the Burden Iron Company, June 30,1881, having a capital of $2,000,000,divided into three parts : James , I Townsend Burden, andJohn L. Arts, trustees and stockhold-ers. On July I, the company wasorganized by the election of James 48 Burden, president, I. Townsend Bur-den, vice-president, and John L. Arts,general manager. The present offi-cers of the company are James , president, John L. Arts,general manager, and N. J. Gable,secretary. The different buildings of the com-pany are those of The Upper Worksor Water Mills, on the south sideof the Wynants Kill, on the hill eastof the Hudson; and The LowerWorks or Steam Mills, built onthe east bank of the Hudson, imme-diately north of the mouth of theWynants Kill. The latter occupy apart of a tract of land of foriy-fiveacres, extending three-quarters of amile along the Hudson from the creeknorthward to the Clin on Stove Worksof the Fuller & Warren embrace two blast furnace-, 60feet high, with two casting houses,each 92 by 47 feet; two stock houses,each 114 by 65 feet; a rolling mill,421 by 96 feet; two puddling forges,one 706 by 83 feet, and one 416 by58 feet; a horseshoe swaging shop,271 by 45 ftet; a horseshoe store
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