. The city of Troy and its vicinity. Dealers — Reardon & Ennis. (John Reardonand George H. Ennis), retail agentsfor the sale of the Bussey & McLeodStove Companys stoves and ranges,No. 311 River Street. W. A. Sherman, No. 259 RiverStreet. (See McCarthy Building.) Stove Linings and Fire Brick. Harvey S. McLeod, proprietor ofthe Troy Stove Linmg and Fire BrickWorks, southwest corner of First andMonroe streets. In 1871, after thedeath of Jacob Henry, who engaged inthe manufacture of fire brick inAlbany in 1825, the works were es-tablished at tlieir present 1882, Harvey S. McLeod purcha
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. Dealers — Reardon & Ennis. (John Reardonand George H. Ennis), retail agentsfor the sale of the Bussey & McLeodStove Companys stoves and ranges,No. 311 River Street. W. A. Sherman, No. 259 RiverStreet. (See McCarthy Building.) Stove Linings and Fire Brick. Harvey S. McLeod, proprietor ofthe Troy Stove Linmg and Fire BrickWorks, southwest corner of First andMonroe streets. In 1871, after thedeath of Jacob Henry, who engaged inthe manufacture of fire brick inAlbany in 1825, the works were es-tablished at tlieir present 1882, Harvey S. McLeod purchasedthem of Bacon & Henry. By ad-ditions to the other buildings and theerection of new ones, he greatly en-larged the establishment. By a newprocess in the treatment and manipu-lation of infusible clay, the stovelinings and fire brick made by himhave obtained a wide popularity withstove manufacturers, not only in Troyand its vicinity but in distant placesin the country, especially in thewestern states. The works have a. 281 caya .ily of producing weekly 20,000tels of stove linings and 10,000 firebrick. The office building is No 357First Street, immediately south of thew(>jks. The street cars cross MonroeStreet, a block east of the establish-ment Fire brick of the best (jualityfr,r cupolas, blast furnaces, and boilersettings are also made at the works. Stove Manufacturers.—Stoveswere first made in Troy for the tradein 1821. In 1829, those cast at thelwo foundries in the city were valuednt $120,000, In 1855, there were sevenfoundries employing 670 men, whoseannual wages aggregated .^216, value of the 75,000 stoves madeby them exceeded $1,000,000. In1S75, twenty-three stove establish-n ents gave employment to 2,115workmen, who earned that year$1,715,000. The value of the stovessold was $4,oi2,ouo. In 1885, about2,000 persons weie employed in sevenfoundries, whose wages were estimatedto be not less than $1,000,000. Thevalue of the stoves exceeded $2,500,-coo. In perfec
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