. Webb's New England railway and manufacturers' statistical gazetteer; containing an interesting sketch of every station, village and city on each railroad in New England, together with a statistical, historical and biographical account of their representative manufacturing establishments . power each, built by Ken-dall & Roberts of Cambridgeport, Mass. ; also, 2 Harrisonboilers, 110 horsepower each, and an 80 power Corliss en-gine. Employ about 400 persons who are really doing thework of a , so completely is the establishment fur-nished with labor saving machines. That the Gorham Man
. Webb's New England railway and manufacturers' statistical gazetteer; containing an interesting sketch of every station, village and city on each railroad in New England, together with a statistical, historical and biographical account of their representative manufacturing establishments . power each, built by Ken-dall & Roberts of Cambridgeport, Mass. ; also, 2 Harrisonboilers, 110 horsepower each, and an 80 power Corliss en-gine. Employ about 400 persons who are really doing thework of a , so completely is the establishment fur-nished with labor saving machines. That the Gorham Manufacturing Co., has done much forthe business prosperity, needs no proof; and that they havedone much for the art features of the business to which theyhave devoted themselves, needs only this attestation,—thattheir wares have been used as models by English manufac-turers. VoLNEY W. Mason & Co. occupy a building 50x50 feet,two stories, with wing, situated on Lafayette street, for themanufacture of friction pulleys. They commenced businessabout nine years since; employ 15 persons. A 30 horsepower engine, made by Providence Steam Engine Co., sup-plies the power. iet Stations in the State of Rhode Island. Also i^liiilHiii:. Grariii<; anil Ulaclilnrry, O o < C 0 H H ^ H. Providence, I. We quote from Bishops History: TuE Providence Machine Co., Thomas J. Hill, proprie-tor, is one of the most exteusive and complete establishments inNew England for manufacturiug cotton and woolen machine-ry. Altiiough it might be supposed, from its title, to belongto a company, it is the property of one individual. The mainbuildings are of brick, three stories in height, and present anappearance, externally, that is very imposing. The mainmachine shop is 220x60 feet, with another parallel to it, 200x3G feet; the two being eounected together in the is also a foundry 80x60 feet; a pattern shop, 95x26feet, and storehouse and other buildings, covering in all anarea of about 5 acre
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