. 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 . Co., capital $150,000, occupya building 200x160 feet, a machine shop 80x40 feet, without buildings, &c., covering four acres of ground, and locat-ed on vSprague street. They have in use niue furnaces formelting scrap and pig iron, 1 set of Burden squeezers, 3 setof rolls, and 1 set of sheet rolls, and produ
. 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 . Co., capital $150,000, occupya building 200x160 feet, a machine shop 80x40 feet, without buildings, &c., covering four acres of ground, and locat-ed on vSprague street. They have in use niue furnaces formelting scrap and pig iron, 1 set of Burden squeezers, 3 setof rolls, and 1 set of sheet rolls, and produce daily, 4 tons offinished sheet iron and 18 tons of billets, and have 60 em-ployees. Their machinery is driven by an engine 270 horsepower. Noble T. Greenes patent, built at the Builders IronFoundry, of this city supplied by steam from eight boilers,built by the Providence Steam Engine also of this also have an engine of 30 horse power, used for driv-ing blowers, built by Gifford & Houghton, of Fall River,Mass. William Sprague, is President; C. H. Perkins, Agent;R. W. Comstock, Secretary, William Groves, Foreman ofthis company. Rhode Island Horse Shoe Co. Capital $150,000, oc- Webbs N. E. Railway and Manufacturers Statistical pazetteer. 461 FERDINAND NIITH,. u{ DR. HICKS ARNICA SALVE, ;§»mith$ (Oriental ^taiv ^Icjitorcr,COURT PLA^STER. Also manufacturer of 329 HIGH STREET, Pkovidence, R. I. cupy 2 buildings one 100x60 feet; and one 170x40 feet with! outbuildings, &c., covering 3 acres of ground, located on! Sprague street. They manufacture, horse shoes, employing90 persons. They have in use 6 furnaces, 30 punching ma-chines, 4 horse shoe machines, and 3 sets of rolls, and pro-; duce daily about 15 tons of horse shoes. Run 2 steam cn-j gines, Noble T. Greens patent, 110 horse power by steam from 2 cylinder boilers, all of which wereI l)uilt by the Providence Steam Engine Company of this Sprague, is President; Cha
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