Syracuse (manufactured products)
In the 1830s, practically all there was in the Syracuse, New York area, outside of the salt works, were 24 manufacturing establishments including a flouring mill, two carriage shops, a planing mill, tin shop, two leather manufacturers, three machine shops, a soap and candle factory, one brewery, one distillery, three marble shops and a boat yard.
During the mid-1850s, the city of Syracuse, New York had such an extensive salt industry, it earned the nickname, The Salt City. By the late 1880s, the city was a hub of industrial activity and was the home of typewriter, soda ash, agricultural implements, automobile enterprises and large manufacturers of shoes, iron and steel, food products, heating appliances, carriages, crockery, cans and scores of other necessities and luxuries.[1]
History
Franklin Chase, author of the 1924 history "Syracuse and Its Environs," summed up the early 20th century in the city with this statement: "In truth, Syracuse manufactured more different articles numerically than even New York City itself."[2]
Manufactured products
By September, 1910 when the noon whistles blew in Syracuse, over 40,000 working men and women "poured out" of diversified manufacturing establishments which make the city "pulsate with industrial activity."[1]
The manufacturing establishments of the city offered employment to a large army of workers. In the history of the city, salt was succeeded by the typewriter, soda ash, automobiles, shoes and agricultural implements as leading industries. In everything from men's clothing, shoes and food product industries, Syracuse was among the heaviest manufacturers in the state.[1]
According to a daily newspaper in September, 1910; "More candles, more salt and more rolling mill products are manufactured here than in any other place in New York State. Over half of the time recording machines used in the world were made in Syracuse.[1] The city was known as the Typewriter City and led the United States in the manufacture of "writing machines."[1]
In 1939, there were 275 different products manufactured in the Syracuse area,[3] however, the total number of goods produced in Syracuse throughout the years was significantly higher as the number of manufacturers and the products they produced, fluctuated from year to year. By 1968, there were over 400 manufacturers in Syracuse.[4]
Air conditioners
- Carrier Corporation (1915–present)
Automobiles
- Brennan Motor Manufacturing Company (1902–1908)
- Century Motor Vehicle Company (1899–1903)
- Franklin Automobile Company (1902–1934)
- H. A. Moyer Automobile Company (1908–1914)
- Iroquois Motor Car Company (1903–1907)
- Stearns Steam Carriage Company (1900–1904)
- Van Wagoner (1899–1903)
- Zimmer Motor Car Company (1978–present)
Bath fixtures and water heating
- Pierce, Butler and Pierce Manufacturing Company (1839-) Began in business as S. P. Pierce & Sons
Bicycles
- E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency (1893-1899)
Candles
- Cathedral Candle Company (1897-Present)
Cans
- Continental Can Company (1904–1991)
Carriages
- H. A. Moyer Carriage Company (1876–1916) - Branched into autos, however, continued to manufacture carriages
China and pottery
- Iroquois China Company (1905–1969)
- Syracuse China (1871–2009) All production removed from North America
Die-cast parts
- H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company (1893–1934)
Electrical specialties
- Crouse-Hinds Electric Company (1897-1981)
Engines
- Brennan Motor Manufacturing Company (1897–1972)
- Palmer-Moore Company (1902–1916) also manufactured trucks starting in 1912
Furniture
- Stickley Furniture (1904–1905)
Gears
- Lefever Company (1912–1916) - Merged with Durston Gear Company
Guns
- Lefever Arms Company (1883–1916) - Merged with Ithaca Gun Company
- Syracuse Arms Company (1888–1908)
Hardware
- E. C. Stearns & Company (1864-19xx) - Branched from hardware into bicycles, automobiles and typewriters
Hulling and milling machinery
- Engelberg Huller Company (1888)
Machinery
- C. E. Lipe Machine Shop (1880) - Special machinery and experimental work - known as an early incubator of many Syracuse business enterprises
Motorcycles
- Ner-a-Car (1921-1927)
Railroads
- Railroad industry in Syracuse, New York (1831–present)
Salt
- Salt industry in Syracuse, New York (1797–1917)
Soda ash
- Solvay Process Company (1880–1985)
Traffic signals
- Crouse-Hinds Company (1894–1981) merged with Cooper Industries in 1980. Cooper sold the traffic signal division in early 1981
Trucks
- Chase Motor Truck Company (1907–1919) sold to a Canadian parts supplier
- Palmer-Moore Truck Company (1906–1918) began business as manufacturers of air-cooled and water-cooled engines
- Sanford-Herbert Motor Truck Company (1909–1939) later shortened their name to Sanford Motor Truck Company
Typewriters
- Smith Premier Typewriter Company (1886–1995) - Later known as Smith Corona
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Prosperous Syracuse of 1910 Teems With Industrial Activity". Syracuse Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. September 12, 1910.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Industrial Age Fed Syracuse Boom". Syracuse Then and Now, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Syracuse Plants Manufacture 275 Different Products". Syracuse Journal. Syracuse, New York. March 20, 1939.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Snow, Nancy. "Syracuse China and the Forgotten City". The Huffington Post, January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-20.