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1887 Image-George W. Tifft, Sons & Co., Stationary Steam Engine |
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The Industries of Buffalo, 1887 pg 84 |
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EO. W. TIFFT, SONS & CO.
Manufacturers of Steam Engines and Boilers, Propeller Wheels, Mill Gearing, Architectural Castings, etc.— Repair Work a Specialty—Office, No. 35 Washington St.
For nearly half a century Buffalo has been celebrated for the character and extent of her manufactures in iron and steel, and more particularly in the departments of engines, boilers, mill machinery, architectural iron work, and kindred lines of products. It is safe to say that in the building up of the superb reputation of the city in this direction no rival establishment has done more, if so much, as the famous old house of Geo, W. Tifft, Sons & Co., founded in 1842 as the Buffalo Steam Engine Works. Since then many changes have occurred in the personnel of the firm, but the ancient and honored style adopted in 1857 has been retained, while the same splendid business management and mechanical skill have marked its entire career. At present the firm is composed of Mr. Charles L. Whiting, the general manager, who has had charge since 1865, Mrs. C. C. F. Gay and Mrs. George D. Plimpton, both of whom entered the house on the demise of Mr. John V. Tifft, some two or three years ago.
The works front on Washington Street, from No. 15 to No. 35, cover four acres of ground, and embrace three three-story buildings, containing a machine shop of 18,000 square feet, two large foundries, two boiler shops, a pattern shop, and a separate one and three-story fire-proof warehouse devoted to the storage of patterns, of which an immense and extremely valuable stock is carried, comprising most of those originated by or used in the works during the past forty-five years, and presenting an almost complete exhibit of its productions since the first casting was made by the original owners.
A complete equipment of modern improved machinery and appliances forms a valuable and indispensable portion of the plant, which is the most extensive of the kind in Buffalo, if not in the entire State. A force of 250 to 275 skilled mechanics and laborers find steady and remunerative employment in the various departments, and from $90,000 to $100,000 is annually disbursed in wages alone.
The leading specialties of the establishment are the manufacture of engines and boilers of all kinds, marine and stationary, mill gearings, and superior architectural castings, for which they have unsurpassed facilities and a heavy trade extending throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and to all portions of Canada and the Northwest, where their work is held in the highest repute for style, workmanship, durability and all excellent qualities. |
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1887 George W. Tifft, Sons & Co., Stationary Steam Engine
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