Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Workshop, C.W. Hunt Company] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1890s-1910s |
Collection |
C.W. Hunt Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on cream cardboard mount. Interior view of a large workshop at the C.W. Hunt Company factory in West New Brighton, Staten Island, seen from an elevated vantage point. At left are several stacks of sections of track or rails, with a set of tracks or rails in the floor at far left. To the right, two men stand behind a pair of buckets for machinery, with tools in their hands; several men stand near large machines behind them. Stacks of buckets can be seen in the background, as well as other machines and equipment; there is an overhead track at right. The shop is open to the roof, which appears to be made mostly of glass to let in sunlight. (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
6 x 8.125 |
Ownership and History |
Founded in 1872, the C.W. Hunt Company became one of Staten Island's largest and most famous industrial establishments. The company manufactured many types of industrial equipment, including coal-handling machinery, steam shovels, and hoisting engines. |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Subjects |
Machinery industry Machinery Machine shops Employees Interiors |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Hunt, Charles Wallace |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1540 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, August 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |