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Title George & James M. Bullock. "Conshohocken Woolen Mills" : [graphic] Manufacturers of doeskin beavers, Moscow beavers, &c in fancy colors, 233 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 30 x 41 cm. (11.25 x 16 in.)
Description Exterior view of the woolen mills at Gulf Creek and the Schuylkill River in Conshohocken. Complex includes a main mill; engine house; boiler and dry house; dye house; scouring house; wool house; ware house; steaming houses; storehouse; mill; shoddy mill; engine house; boiler house; carpenter shop; lumber shed; office; gas house; gas holder; and coal and waste house. A flag adorns the property and stacks spew smoke. A fence surrounds the complex outside of which a man on horseback converses with two gentlemen, two ladies stroll, and a horse-drawn wagon is stopped. In the background, a farm and pastureland and neighboring mansion house are visible. The mill built in 1854, was purchased by wool manufacturer Benjamin Bullock in the 1860s, and in 1871 his sons George and James Bullock assumed operations. In 1880, the firm was operated by George Bullock & Co., and later the stock company Conshohocken Worsted Mills.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 297
Subject Conshohocken Woolen Mills.
Wool industry -- Pennsylvania -- Conshohocken.
Mills -- Pennsylvania -- Conshohocken.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Conshohocken.
Geographic subject Gulf Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Advertisements -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Industries [6623.F]
Accession number 6623.F