New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . ood, 32 Commercial street, are the successors tothe business of the Union Boiler Company. They manufactureboilers of all kinds and a patent steam heater, and are also engagedin steam fitting and the mill supply business. The firm employsfrom ten to thirty men, and first engaged in business in 1880, at 27Front street. Their business proved so successful that the presentbuilding occupied by them was erected. The New Bedford Iron Foundry, located at the corner of Waterand Coffin streets, was founded by F. & I. C.
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . ood, 32 Commercial street, are the successors tothe business of the Union Boiler Company. They manufactureboilers of all kinds and a patent steam heater, and are also engagedin steam fitting and the mill supply business. The firm employsfrom ten to thirty men, and first engaged in business in 1880, at 27Front street. Their business proved so successful that the presentbuilding occupied by them was erected. The New Bedford Iron Foundry, located at the corner of Waterand Coffin streets, was founded by F. & I. C. Taber & Co., whowere then located at the corner of Fourth and Bedford streets. Thefirm of Taber & Grinnell succeeded to the business in 1847 and in1859 Joseph G. Grinnell became the sole proprietor. Edmund Grin-nell, who now conducts the business, assumed control in 1873. Thecapacity of the works is twenty tons of castings per day, and ninetymen are employed. The works make a specialty of light and heavymachinery and building castings. Among other work the past year,. INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL. 261 two columns weighing ten tons each have been cast for the Hemmen-way building, School street, Boston, and building casts for the Lon-don Manufacturing Company, Ludlow, Mass., the Pacific mills,Lawrence, Hargrave, Sagamore, Border City, and King Philip mills,Fall River, Suffolk county court house, Boston, Walter HastingsHall and Mutual Fire Insurance Companys buildings, Davoll RubberCompany, and Billings Brothers bleachery. Providence, and manyother buildings. The Strange Forged Drill Company has been organized for thepurpose of manufacturing twist drills under the patents of John , who has already manufactured them to some extent. Theofficers of the company are as follows : President — Edwin Dews. Clerk and treasurer — Henry M. Knowles. Directors — Thomas M. Hart, Moses C. Swift, William M. Bates,Joseph C. Knowles, Jolin P. Knowles, Jr., Edwin Dews, Henry The
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