. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . Berry & Orton, and this partnershipremained unaltered until March, 1888, when the business became the largest and best arranged plants for the manufacture of specialmachinery in the country. The main building fronts on Twenty-third, Arch and I-ilson streets, and is a massive structure of fivefloors, 123 feet by 80 feet, with an L annex 6S feet by 45 feet. Thewhole building is a most substantial erection of brick, stone andiron. In this great space the machinery used in the manufac-ture of the special appliances sent out by the firm, is placed, and th
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . Berry & Orton, and this partnershipremained unaltered until March, 1888, when the business became the largest and best arranged plants for the manufacture of specialmachinery in the country. The main building fronts on Twenty-third, Arch and I-ilson streets, and is a massive structure of fivefloors, 123 feet by 80 feet, with an L annex 6S feet by 45 feet. Thewhole building is a most substantial erection of brick, stone andiron. In this great space the machinery used in the manufac-ture of the special appliances sent out by the firm, is placed, and thewhole works are run by a 150 horse-power engine and new works have even modern appliance and machine forthe saving of labor, and they are among the finest in the facilities for the reception and the shipping of goods are per-fect. The tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio and Philadelphia &Reading run into the yards, and there is also a wide wagonway as an approach to the main building. The lighting is by elec-. itife i::S:ii^fc^^
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