Identifier: firstonehundredy00abbo (find matches)
Title: The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Abbott, Walter S., (from old catalog) comp Harrison, William E., (from old catalog) joint author McKeesport. Committee on centennial celebration. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: McKeesport, Pa., Press of McKeesport times
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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PB»>*^ The Peoples Bank, (see pag-e 58). McKeesports Smaller Industries. ME first industry we liave any knowledge of was a tan3ardestablished by Samuel Culbertson, in 1802, on the rear ofthe lot on Shaw avenue now owned b) James S. Kuhn. A resi-dence belonging to it stood on what is now the corner of Hueyand Olive streets. About 1820, or verv soon thereafter, James Evans manu-factured wool hats and operated a small distiller)-. Hugh Rowland erected and operated a carding and fullingmill in 1826. It was situated below Second street betweenMarket street and Strawberry alley. The power to operate themill was a tramp-wheel rotated by two old horses. It was thecustom for women from the country districts to ride into town,with a slieet or blanket wrapped around a crop of wool, attachedto the horn of their saddles. They had it carded at Rowlandsmill to make it read) for the spinning wheel, which was in thosedays an indispensable implement in every well regulated home.Mr. Rowland sold out

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