Highway of Commerce: The Blackstone Canal
Industrial Worcester
Branches of Industry in Worcester in
1837
| Cotton mills
|
3 |
| cotton spindles
|
3424 |
| cotton consumed
|
162,194 lbs |
| cotton goods manufactured
|
546,521 yards |
| value of same
|
$62,182
|
| males employed
|
34 |
| females employed
|
47 |
| capital invested |
$45,500 |
| Woolen mills
|
8 |
| woolen machinery
|
16 sets |
| wool consumed
|
369,812 lbs |
| clothes manufactured
|
326,790 yards |
| value of same
|
$360,352
|
| males employed
|
112 |
| females employed
|
113 |
| capital invested |
$99,500 |
| sperm oil used by manufacturers
|
7,800 gallons |
| Saxony Sheep
|
510 |
| other kinds of sheep
|
815 |
| Saxony wool produced
|
1272 lbs |
| other kinds of wool
|
2037 lbs |
| avergae weight of fleece
|
2.5 lbs
|
| value of wool
|
$1,337.50 |
| capital invested
|
$2,292.50 |
| Boots manufactured
|
18,697 pairs |
| shoes
|
27,075 pairs |
| value of boots and shoes
|
$59,020.34 |
| males employed
|
89 |
| females employed
|
33
|
| Hat Manufactories
|
4 |
| hats manufactured
|
8300 |
| value hats
|
$33,200 |
| males employed
|
20 |
| females employed
|
12
|
| Paper Mills |
2 |
| stock manufactured
|
287 tons |
| value of paper
|
$54,815 |
| males employed
|
11 |
| females employed
|
11
|
| capital invested
|
$23,000 |
| Air & Cupola Furnace |
1 |
| iron castings made
|
300 tons |
| value of same
|
$30,000 |
| hands employed
|
20 |
| capital invested
|
$12,000
|
| Manufacturer of Cutlery |
1 |
| value of cutlery
|
$3,500 |
| hands employed
|
6 |
| capital invested
|
$2,000 |
| Manufactories of Chairs
and Cabinet Ware |
3 |
| value of chairs and cabinet ware
|
$20.000 |
| hands employed
|
21 |
| Plough Manufactory |
1 |
| ploughs manufactured
|
900 |
| value of ploughs
|
$9,000 |
| hands employed
|
7 |
| Tin Ware Manufactory |
3 |
| value of tin ware
|
$18,300 |
| hands employed
|
14 |
| Straw Bonnets manufactured |
12,500 |
| value of same
|
$25,000 |
| Palm-leaf Hats manufactured |
3,000 |
| value of same
|
$1,000 |
| Manufactories of Woollen
Machinery |
9 |
| hands employed
|
160 |
| value of machinery manufactured
|
$240,000 |
| capital invested
|
$75,000 |
| Wire Manufactory |
1 |
| hands employed
|
35 |
| value of wire
|
$45,000 |
| capital invested
|
$25,000 |
| Lead pipe Manufactory |
1 |
| hands employed
|
5 |
| value of wire
|
$11,000 |
| capital invested
|
$5,000 |
| Manufactory of Paper
Machinery |
1 |
| hands employed
|
10 |
| value of machinery
|
$10,000 |
| capital invested
|
$5,000 |
| Coach and Chaise Manufactories |
2 |
| hands employed
|
40 |
| value of coaches and chaises
|
$60,000 |
| capital invested
|
$25,000 |
|
-John P. Bigelow
Statistical Tables: Exhibiting the Condition
and Products of Certain Branches of Industry in Massachusetts, for the
Year ending April 1, 1837 (1838)
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