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Glazier Stove Works: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Brass foundry, Glazier Stove Co." Shorpy makes an exciting visit to the stove factory. Detroit ... hauling heavy iron parts. On the weekends could see Mr. Glazier's children and grandchildren playing or begging to ride on those cars. ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:49am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Brass foundry, Glazier Stove Co." Shorpy makes an exciting visit to the stove factory. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Elevated tracksI can picture some type of push car like railroad workers used running back and forth between the buildings hauling heavy iron parts. On the weekends could see Mr. Glazier's children and grandchildren playing or begging to ride on those cars. Wonder if it ever happened. Citizen FrankFrank Glazier was an old-school entrepreneur who combined philanthropy with self-interest, and much of the Chelsea, Michigan he built survives. He got 5 to 10 in Jackson Prison when a 1908 bankruptcy hearing found that his wife had destroyed all his financial records "because they upset" her husband. He was pardoned in 1912 and died in 1922. Look, Ma -- no air!That Michigan Central Railroad flatcar is not equipped with automatic air brakes as per the 1893 railroad safety appliance act. It may be restricted to service only within Michigan or could have become a car owned by the Glazier Stove and just used on their private sidings. From the looks of how the load is secured on the deck-I'd say the car is restricted to intra factory use. Brick by Brick.The brickwork in the arch around the large door is amazing! also are the eight brick 'chimneys' on the structure to the left of the flat car. Bricks built the modern world in the Victorian Era. Note the narrow-gauge plant railway on the trestle work. The Steam Railway flat car from the Michigan Central is of an older pattern, not having air brakes, and is constructed almost all of wood. The truss rods beneath the car can be tightened with the eye shown to keep the car deck level and straight. Altho' a poor place to ride on a freight car, this is where a hobo might ride when 'riding the rods', adding scrap lumber to make a platform of sorts. Vertical 'stake pockets' are mounted along the side of the car to take wooden stakes shimmed in with wedges to hold the load on the car. Often the tops of the stakes would be tied together across the load with wire for extra strength. The shaft of the hand brake wheel is bent. On later flat cars the wheel could be lowered into a round recessed into the timbers in the car deck by moving a U-shaped swivel at the bottom of the shaft. A Trainman was wise to stand back from the end of a car when being pushed by a locomotive, as a sudden jolt from slack in the car couplings could knock him off balance and down between the rails in front of the car to then get run over. The temptation to stand on the very front and 'show off' is very great, especially when passing a station with patrons out front. On this car the brake beams and their shoes are outside the trucks, the coupler knuckle has a slot in it to accommodate an adapter link which would allow the car to be coupled to older cars still using link and pin couplings. The knuckle has a vertical hole thru it for a pin, and the hole is still found on modern cars 100 years later, but, the slot is not. A red flag on a round wooden staff would be inserted into this hole to signify the car was the end of a train where corner brackets for coal oil marker lamps were not applied. Don't overlook the weathervane. Thank You. Some StreetlightWow: what an unusual bulb in the street light. [The "bulb" is the globe of a carbon arc lamp. - Dave] Brightest & Best Sights and Scenes Along the Michigan Central Line Chicago Photo-Engraving Company, 1895 The Glazier Stove Company Manufacturers of the "Brightest and Best" oil and gas stoves, dealers in coal, lumber and builders' supplies. This concern is the largest manufacturing establishment in this vicinity, and one of the largest in State, The business was commenced in a small way by the present proprietor, Mr. Frank P. Glazier, in 1890, and has gradually grown, through careful management, energy and progressive ability until it has assumed its present large proportions, ranking with some of the best manufacturing enterprises of the country. The growth has not been uninterrupted, however, neither has there been any lack of competition to retard its development, but by close attention to business, producing high grade goods and keeping their product and its merits constantly before the public, they have succeeded in not only building up a large trade, but through their own success have contributed to the material welfare of Chelsea. In March, 1895, the entire plant, with the exception of the offices. storage building, and power house, was destroyed by fire. Not disheartened, however, they immediately set to planning for a more extensive and better equipped plant, with its capacity largely increased by modern machinery of the finest quality, and every labor-saving device imaginable for producing better work and more of it than ever attempted before, They employ 120 men nine months in the year, and have facilities for the manufacturing of 300 oil and gas stoves a day. Their B. & B. trade mark brand, which stands for"Brightest and Best," is considered by the trade to be better in style, quality. finish and durability than any other stoves in the market. Right at this point, we desire to give special recognition to Mr. Glazier. He is a born business man, and is possessed of more than ordinary executive ability, thoroughly reliable in all respects, prompt and honorable in his relations with mankind, affable, enterprising and liberal, and his present prosperous business is a fitting monument to his industry, honesty and integrity. He is prominent in every movement conducive to the welfare and prosperity. Two years laterFrank Glazier began a downward spiral. Sad ending for a man who did a lot of good. Detroit, Stove City!In 1880, Detroit was the recognized center of the stove-making industry. But by 1902 the growth of other industries had relegated stove-making to sixth place in Detroit. An industry boom pushed stove-making back into second place by 1922. In 1860, Jeremiah Dwyer and his brother James started the city's first stove factory at the foot of Mt. Elliott on the near east side, where they prospered and expanded. The stoves could burn wood, coal or coke. Their success attracted others to the area. Gas ranges also became more popular and later replaced the old style stoves. By 1922 Detroit makers built 400,000 stoves worth $10 million in one year. The industry was dominated in the city by five major firms: The Michigan Stove Company, The Detroit Stove Works, The Penninsular Stove Company, the Art Stove Company, and the Detroit Vapor Stove Company. In later years the Welbilt Company emerged as the last surviving stove company and inherited the giant stove. From The Detroit News: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=198#ixzz0uMQIVV8C TramwayGreat picture. There's an elevated tramway at left, and it looks like it has wooden rails. Carbon Arc LampsI have read about these in my 1917 Hawkins Electrical manuals. They usually operated at 50 volts with a draw of 15 amperes or so. A real heat producer! The carbons had to be changed regularly, that is why there is such a long drop wire going to the lamp. You can also see the pullies and cord used to lower the fixture, so that it can be lowered for servicing. Plant ExpansionBuilding 12 looks brand-new, possibly still under construction. Doesn't look like there's any stove work going on inside. A different tradeHow much more appropriate if Mr. Glazier had taken up a different line of work. Say, in the manufacture of windowpanes. Glazier Stove 2003Here is a photo of an Amtrak train passing the Glazier Stove Company in 2003. Photo by Robert Teed. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
Glazier Stove: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, the foundry." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... When it's got to be right ... Burn it on a Glazier Stove! (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:49am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, the foundry." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. When it's got to be right ...Burn it on a Glazier Stove! (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
Factoryville: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, general view." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... to do with the manufacturing process, but in fact Glazier Stove Works was owned by Frank Porter Glazier . Somebody give me a hand Let's grab that handcar and go for a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:49am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, general view." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Private SidingIn the days before trucking, imagine the convenience of being able to load heavy goods directly into freight cars parked on your own siding. Almost makes it seem easy. What a great model train layoutI can imagine a huge person in the background, towering over this scene, and a giant hand setting that two-horse freight wagon in place on the other side of the tracks. Lionelville, nexxxxt stop! Get yer tickets ready. Like TopsyIt looks as if the factory "just grew," with a small house right in the middle and various sizes and shapes of buildings going up as needed. And they were equally casual about corporate identity back then. It's like the brass just let the sign painter pick his own lettering style for each building. Or her own, in the case of the one with the little flowery things. Cool PictureI like this picture a lot. Especially the "Railroad Crossing" sign, and the two men at the bottom at the screen. The man on the right looks like he's translucent. OventrepreneurThought the company name had something to do with the manufacturing process, but in fact Glazier Stove Works was owned by Frank Porter Glazier. Somebody give me a handLet's grab that handcar and go for a ride. Oh, how I've always wanted to do that! Home of the RangesA selection of images and maps posted by various folks. I have tweaked the coding and resized the images to make everything behave. Click the pics to enlarge or for more info. View Larger Map WeathervanesThere are at least two weathervanes visible here. The one on the tall pole on building No. 12 has an apparatus for measuring wind velocity, if I am not mistaken. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
National Tube Works: 1910
... shipped every day for so many years, is still idle. Glazier Wanted for large Tube and Pipe Factory. Must have own tools and ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 1:32pm -

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910. "Furnaces, National Tube Works." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Tube City King's Handbook of New York City, 1892. The National Tube Works Company, the New-York office of which is at 160 Broadway, conducts one of the gigantic industries of the country. It was originally a Boston institution, and the office of its Treasurer remains there. The New-York office is that of its General Manager. Its principal works are at McKeesport, Pa. The establishment there covers forty acres, thirty being occupied by buildings. The product includes every variety of wrought-iron pipe, boiler-tubes, pipes or tubes used for artesian, salt, oil or gas wells, rods and columns used in mining, grate-bars, hand-rails, telegraph poles, gas and air-brake cylinders, drill-rods, Converse patent lock-joint, wrought iron kalameined and asphalted pipe for water and gas works mains and trunk lines, and locomotive and stationary injectors. An important branch of manufacture is that of sap pan iron, kalaineined and galvanized sheet iron, cold rolled iron and steel sheets, and corrugated and curved sheets, for roofs and ceilings. Another speciality is the celebrated "Monongahela" brand of Bessemer, mill and foundry pig-iron. The company finds a market for its goods not only in the United States but also in Central and South America, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and Africa. The works have a capacity of 250,000 tons of tubes and pipe yearly. The company was one of the first to use natural gas as fuel in the manufacture of iron. The gas is brought from its own wells, through twenty miles of pipe, to the works. The Monongahela: River of Dreams, River of Sweat, 1999. McKeesport became a heavy-industry town. It was home to the largest producer of steel pipe and tubing in America, National Tube Company, which opened in 1852. The city's nickname was Tube City. … Mckeesport is one of the small cities that suffered because of the decline of the steel industry. For a long while after U.S. Steel closed the plant in 1984, the riverside complex was a mass of rubble, grass, trees, and unused buildings. Now much of the old plant has been razed. A mini-mill and a couple small companies have moved into the area, but there is still much vacant land. The former docking facility, from which a bargeload of pipe was shipped every day for so many years, is still idle. Glazier Wantedfor large Tube and Pipe Factory. Must have own tools and access to large quantities of glass. Estimated replacement of 200 panes of glass. All inquiries to Mckeesport Factory site. LS & MSI've often hoped to stumble across a railroad car marked LS/MFT, but here we see a couple rather new looking Lake Shore and Michigan Southern hopper cars in the company of the Baltimore and Ohio units. I wonder what track arrangement got that solitary LS & MS car snugged against the bumper? Hardly looks like room for a turnout and a turntable seems unlikely. Those new coal ''gons''belong to the Lake Shore & Michigan Railway which was mostly owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt and was absorbed into the New York Central in 1914, the LS&MS logo seems to be a large (mail sack) with a lock. Note the small NYC logo before the NYC amalgamation. (The Gallery, DPC, Factories, Pittsburgh, Railroads)
Heat, Pour, Let Cool: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company molding room." No matter where Shorpy may roam, he ... Busy Bees Most of the foundry workers in this and other Glazier photos are wearing the company work cap, blazoned with its B&B ... company's billhead logo, seen here cropped from an 1893 Glazier purchase receipt. Re-Roam Soon As a resident of Chelsea, I thank ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company molding room." No matter where Shorpy may roam, he inevitably seems to find his way back to the stove factory. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Central CastingWhat step is this in the casting process -- are the workers at the stations to the right building molds or removing the castings from the sand molds? Busy BeesMost of the foundry workers in this and other Glazier photos are wearing the company work cap, blazoned with its B&B trademark initials. Brightest & Best, yes, but that doesn't seem to have been interesting enough for the artist who designed the company's billhead logo, seen here cropped from an 1893 Glazier purchase receipt. Re-Roam SoonAs a resident of Chelsea, I thank you for all of the publicity bestowed upon our fair city of only 5000 souls. Thank you Shorpy for the frequent visits. You're always welcome here. Central CastingThe molders are working on the molds, you can see one guy with a brush in his hand for the excess sand. The molds on the ground would show some overflow, which would be broken off when the mold was opened. Olden moldersIf you check out my father's picture in the member gallery you will see that 50 years later the molder's station had the same tools, the unseen difference being the rail, which here is on the floor; where my father worked it was overhead. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
Stoked: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Boiler room, Glazier Stove Company." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... of the Stirling Water Tube Safety Boiler , the boiler at Glazier Stove Co was rated at 66 horse-power which is at the smaller end of ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Boiler room, Glazier Stove Company." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego saidIt's cool in the furnace man, oh yeah! A airy 275 degrees. Close EnoughJudging from the logos just above the dial -- those doors are installed upside down. Workmanship is alive and well! Stirling Water-Tube BoilerAccording to the 1895 Catalogue of the Stirling Water Tube Safety Boiler, the boiler at Glazier Stove Co was rated at 66 horse-power which is at the smaller end of Stirling boiler power range. The Stirling Water-Tube Boiler, Babcock & Wilcox, 1912 The Stirling Boiler in Service Stirling boilers have been in operation since 1890, and their performance since that time has clearly demonstrated their right to all of the claims of excellence which have been made for them. The ease with which the Stirling boiler may be cleaned, its efficient and substantial baffling and its flexibility under varying load conditions, have caused it to be adopted extensively in plants representing practically every industry throughout the world. Over 3,000,000 horse-power of Stirling boilers are in use in electric light and power plants, street railway power stations, coal mining plants, blast furnaces, rolling mills, smelting and refining plants, heating and lighting plants in educational institutions, sugar mills, breweries, cotton mills, lumber mills, ice plants, oil refineries, and their allied industries. The Stirling boiler has proved entirely successful in the use of anthracite and bituminous coals with both hand and stoker firing, lignite from the various lignite fields, oil fuel, wood and saw mill refuse, green bagasse, tan bark, blast furnace, coke oven and natural gas, and waste heat from brick kilns, cement kilns and smelting furnaces. Upside down doorsI guess that you couldn't get good help even back in 1905. At 275 PSI pressure, that boiler probably furnished power for all the machinery in the factory. Hold still!Missed his chance for immortality by moving. It's in the DetailsEven something as functional and mundane as a boiler has intricate and artistic metalwork. It was a piece of machinery most people would never see. Proof that someone took pride in their trade. You know the old saying"It takes an oven to make an oven." An Awfully big boiler!This is far more heavy duty than we would expect for just space heating. Note the 2 furnaces, and below them the doors for emptying the ash (a messy but routine duty for stokers). It looks like the doors above the gauge, needed for cleaning the gas side, might have been installed upside down -- note that the shield seems to be inverted. The equipment was made by the ___ Stirling Co. in Chicago. The gauge says the pressure is 275 pounds per square inch (or maybe the temperature is 275 degrees F) -- either way it's more than you would need for space heating. Note the pipe coming out of the steam drum to the gauge and the wonderful little petcock (in the open position) that you could use to isolate the gauge from the steam should the device leak. No electronics here -- just a spring and bellows, or whatever, that needs a direct connection to the fluid to be measured. Now I wonder what all that steam is being used for -- generating electricity? Turning machine tools by a network of belts and linkages, driven by reciprocating engines? I've been to Chelsea, Michigan, in 1978 -- a nice little town almost entirely made of red brick. Was it a company town for the stove maker? 100, not 275.Or maybe 99. The clockThe dial indicates steam pressure. Which would be going down as the open door is cooling the firebox, punching holes in his fire, and cooling the flues, risking a leak. No wonder the indicator and our friend are in motion. On the wall, to the rightNow that's a man's fireplace-poker set! Volga BoatmenWonder why this song is going through my head? My last name One of the first things I noticed on the picture was my last name. It says "Stirling," a last name my family had at about that time. It originally was "Starling" when we were in England, then it was "Stirling" when we moved to the USA and Canada, and now it is Sterling. I just thought it is pretty cool. Boiler Reamer MemoriesBack in 1970 (while still in high school) I worked in a furniture factory in eastern Wisconsin as a night watchman and had a wide range of jobs. Being part of maintenance I also acted as "fireman" and helped with routine maintenance including boiler tube reaming. The factory occupied about three city blocks and most of it was four stories high. There were two active boilers, each about three times the size of the one shown here. They operated at 160 PSI and had been converted from pulverized coal to natural gas. Both boilers also were capable of burning sawdust that the factory generated. The doors above the pressure gauge are access covers to the boiler tubes, where the water passes through and boils into steam. Behind the doors is another bulkhead with many small access covers that need to be removed for maintenance. A long air-driven reamer is inserted into each tube and the slag (from minerals in the water) need to be cleaned from the inner walls of the tubes in order to maintain proper flow. In the summer they would shut down one boiler and we'd ream the tubes and inspect the interior walls (and patch with a asbestos mixture, without ANY masks). It would take about a week for the boiler to cool down enough to enter it. A third boiler was three times bigger than the two that were in operation. It had been taken offline sometime in the late 50s when a set of steam driven electric generators were removed. This picture brings back many fond and HOT sweaty memories! Oh. And during the energy crunch (1977?) there was fear of having the natural gas cut off so we installed two 300,000 gallon oil tanks and added oil burners to both boilers. Not so old! I worked in Brooklyn, on a pair of Stirling's, that had been converted, first to coal dust, then to bunker oil. They were awesome beasts. Prone to fouling and dusting of the later mandated safety electric eyes in the ducts, but, God, could they put out BTU's. Still, I'm happier with my modern HVAC! (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
Meanwhile, Back at the Stove Factory
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, shipping room." Our sixth look behind the scenes at Glazier Stove, whose brand was B&B ("Brightest and Best"). 8x10 inch glass ... to carry a shovel on your shoulder! (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works) ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, shipping room." Our sixth look behind the scenes at Glazier Stove, whose brand was B&B ("Brightest and Best"). 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. All he needsIs a morning coat, a top hat and a cane. Nice pants. Creative shelvingTwo interesting ways of putting up a shelf can be seen on the pillar. One is hanging by wires, the other is propped up with a stay. The latter is perhaps more practical, but I like the elegance of the wired shelf. Nothing says lovin'... like shovin' an oven! TinderboxThat's just the first word that comes to mind. Let's hope the electricity stays on and they don't have to light that kerosene lantern. Really no fire codes back in those days. Wouldn't wanna fight the fellawho could stack the stoves so high Bob Books!Now I know where the Bob Books got their logo! If you're not familiar with Bob Books (a series of kids' learn to read books) check out amazon. It is AMAZING! Stoves in StirI just remembered something about a gas range manufacturer. The Caloric Stove Company of Topton Pa, shipped their products with a Union Label sticker that read "No prison labor used". Creative wiringJudging from the ingenious way in which that light bulb has been added to the circuit, the kerosene lantern may be the more benign option. Buzz Kill? Kerosene could be much more forgiving than electricity in those days! Most rural service was knob and post, with many exposed, uninsulated runs, so as to facilitate attaching power clamps in random locations. Many a workman and farmer learned the hard way not to carry a shovel on your shoulder! (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
Stoves to Go: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company tramway." Much as the swallows have their Capistrano, so do Shorpyites eventually find themselves back at the Glazier Stove Works. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. ... beneath that wooden platform. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company tramway." Much as the swallows have their Capistrano, so do Shorpyites eventually find themselves back at the Glazier Stove Works. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. Steam whistleI love the steam whistle over top of the building on the left. A favorite at lunch time or the end of the day. Hello in thereAnother open window with another person looking out. It's almost like being a Peeping Tom, a century after all the action has taken place. Wheelbarrow rides the rails.Neat idea, just don't miss stepping on each RR Tie. Buffalo Scale CompanyI really love all the neat things in this picture like the Buffalo Scales under and beside the tracks. It appears that a rail went along side the scale so you could unload things, weigh them and then re-load them. I am sure there is a scale mechanism beneath that wooden platform. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
The Stovemakers: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company -- lamp stove department." Our second glimpse today into the Dickensian workings of Glazier Stove. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. ... and stove makers right up to today. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works) ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company -- lamp stove department." Our second glimpse today into the Dickensian workings of Glazier Stove. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Ironic/electricShould it be ironic foreshadowing that the room where they appear to be making oil lamps is lit up by electric light? Shorpy Strikes AgainThanks, Dave! Once again, I've learned something new here. When I read the caption, I thought "okay, what the heck is a lamp stove?" It's amazing the things that show up here. A few days back it was charabancs and now lamp stoves. Turns out these handy devices were heaters, stoves, or lamps or all three at once. Fueled with kerosene, they heated fast and were economical to use. Imagine trying to heat a flatiron on a wood stove; the time and cost would be dreadful, but with a lamp stove, it'd be a snap. there's a short piece about them here. I wonder if somebody still makes them. Thanks for adding a tiny bit to my appreciation of yesteryear. Best & BrightestHere are a couple other views, "as intended" and "as is" In 1901, still a marketFull domestic electrification was still over two decades out, even in cities. In rural areas, it took until the early '50s. The first appliance purchase of a newly-electrified household was invariably an iron, as electric irons could be reliably expected not to put soot on freshly-laundered garments. And no, I'd never heard of a lamp stove, either. I want one! Going, going...Strange to see actual manufacturing jobs in America. [The U.S. of A. is still the biggest producer of manufactured goods on Planet Earth. - Dave] Nice wiring job.Those little porcelain cleat type insulators holding the wires for the light fixtures are cool! Good stuff Dave. Keep'em coming. Patent that!Love the infinitely adjustable lighting fixture, all it takes is a wire, a socket, and a piece of string. Although I think OSHA just had a stroke. LampStoveAt the time these were made, the automobile was just taking off, and with it the autocamp, where people would stop while traveling. As you can imagine, these early camps didn't have electrical hookups, so this would be a handy, maybe essential item. Materiel matters. Those are sheets of mica on his right, flame and fireproof natural minerals, used by almost all lamp and stove makers right up to today. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
The Tank Room: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Co., tank room." Yet another glimpse of the inner workings at Glazier Stove. 8x10 glass negative. View full size. Pulley system I ... had been removed to make the join. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:51am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Co., tank room." Yet another glimpse of the inner workings at Glazier Stove. 8x10 glass negative. View full size. Pulley systemI can't seem to figure out how that one pulley in the center appears to be rotating but nothing else is? Wonder where the main power source is, off to the left out of view perhaps? How come the three guys nearest in the camera are able to carry on working whilst everybody else is intent on staring at the photographer. Track LightingExposed, rigid conductors, with movable clamps to pick the power off for each lamp. There really is very little that's truly new, eh? You used to see a lot of it in Germany, often with the conductors at odd angles, but that's all low voltage. From the bulbs and the other fittings, I'd say this is "house current." Line shaft drive with control arms.The "main" line shaft is segmented, you can see two control arms (hanging down at about a 60deg angel) they're connected to a "throw out bearing" (note the Y connection at the bearings) these control arms engage/disengage the large driven pulley's. from the "live" main line shaft. I recall that it took a special eye/touch to "throw" the control arms at the right time or else you got quite a kick off the control arm. A great picture of old industry! P.S. they don't make em like they used to! Fire BucketIn case of fire, fill bucket with 1 gallon of water, throw on flames, repeat as necessary. [Those fire buckets were generally filled with sand. - Dave] Clutching at straws@Vintagetvs: clutches maybe? ["I can't seem to figure out how that one pulley in the center appears to be rotating but nothing else is?"] The lighting......looks to me like standard knob and tube wiring, a venerable and now much-maligned way of doing things that conserved wire and did a good job of dissipating heat. The 'knobs' in this instance are two-conductor ceramic insulators rather than the more common single conductor knob. It's hard to be certain how the luminaire is tied-in, but I'm betting that the thick spot near the round box is a soldered splice, carefully wrapped with rubberized tape where the insulation had been removed to make the join. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
The Stove Factory: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Co., view in yard." It's been ages since we checked in at the ... the first fire you'd start in it. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
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Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Co., view in yard." It's been ages since we checked in at the stove works. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. FirewoodThere seems to be an awful lot of wood around there for a Stove Factory. Packing crates perhaps? [See below. - Dave] Making wood stovesout of wood ??!! Got Wood?I'm guessing the boards on the rail car will become shipping crates for the stoves. Single-useThey must be making "wood stoves." Sorry I couldn't resist. Chelsea - a Jiffy townChelsea, Michigan apparently never went without heat in the winter - nor did it probably lack for muffins, as it is to this day the home of "Jiffy" muffin mix, put up in those cute little boxes and sold the world around. Did Detroit Publishing Company's camera man point his box toward that venerable plant while in Chelsea? Coal bunkerLooks like they are storing coal in the building to the left and it is spilling out of what were once windows. Great view of the brake pipe hose, glad hand and coupler on that old rail car! EfficiencyThis company was both quite efficient and attentive to their customers's needs. Not only did you get a new stove, you also got the makings for the first fire you'd start in it. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
Lord of the Stoves: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company shipping room." Heated by a Round Oak No. 20 stove. ... vu all over again Just when I think we're done with the Glazier Stove Company, you pull us back into it again. Yet I'd do anything ... my dad's side...his grandfathers. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/08/2014 - 12:57pm -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company shipping room." Heated by a Round Oak No. 20 stove. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. All stove upAnother of my many obsessions of childhood was stove pipes. In the late 40's and into the 50's, you could still see a few stove pipes rising from the back of older houses, usually out of lean-to type rooms (another obsession). I would draw pictures of a room with a pot-bellied stove and make the smoke pipe as complicated and twisting as possible to its exit through the wall or roof. I would have loved this picture, but would have wanted several more bends and elbows before exit. Deja vu all over againJust when I think we're done with the Glazier Stove Company, you pull us back into it again. Yet I'd do anything to have one of those old stoves in my kitchen. The utilitarian boxes that we call stoves these days are just boring. OneJust had to continue the Tolkien reference: One stove to heat them all and in the darkness shine for them. Round OakRound Oak stoves were manufactured in my hometown of Dowagiac, in SW lower Michigan. Both sides of my family have history with Round Oak: great-grandfather on my mom's side managed the foundry, and his brothers worked in various administrative positions; both great-grandfathers on my dad's side were Polish immigrants who worked in the factory. Both of my grandfathers worked at Round Oak as well. I wonder where this particular stove ended up. They are quite collectible these days. [If your dad is like most people, he would have had four great-grandfathers. - Dave] Both of MY great-grandfathers on my dad's side...his grandfathers. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
Capitalist Tools: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, machine room." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, ... the pile of sheet metal and crate of stamped parts. Glazier fancied himself quite the magnate and he dabbled/interfered heavily in ... bankruptcy and embezzlement cases which eventually landed Glazier in jail for a few years until he was pardoned for ill-health; he lived ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/05/2017 - 9:02pm -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, machine room." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Take your boss to work day?The guy on the right must be the owner, and decided that he was going to be in the picture. RingerThe guy on the right, with the suit and the fedora, doesn't look like he belongs. Maybe the owner, posing for he camera? The boss?The dapper little man in dressed in a suit and a hat on the right. In any event, strange garb to be wearing working at a machine tool. Frozen in timeThere's some kind of variable controller - probably a speed controller for an electric motor, but maybe also a light dimmer - over there on the right, between the windows. It seems to be pretty close to one end of its range - either all the way on or all the way off. It could be a dimmer - the lights are shut off for this daytime photo. However, I think it's a speed controller, and it's set at or close to zero, as we'd probably see a lot more motion blur on the leather belts if all the shafts were turning. 40 years before this picture, all of those belts would have been driven by a steam engine or a mill wheel. By the time of this photo, there might be a big electric motor or three driving all of them. Right around this time, electrical engineers were starting to apply actual math to designing motors, instead of the previously popular "cut and try, and write down the ones that work". 20 years later, the motors would be small enough that each individual tool could have one. Also, that guy on the right is amazingly well-dressed for a machinist. Motor StarterThe device between the windows is most likely the 3-point (or 4-point) starter for the DC motor that drives the belts. The arm is in the off position in the photo, driven there by a hefty spring. When running the arm is held in position against the spring tension by the electromagnet that you can see near the top center of the device. The well-equipped shop -- but not for longLooking around the floor here I see three drill presses, four lathes, two turret lathes, and an arbor press being used by our boss-type person. The real action is at the big stamping presses over in the back left, though, judging from the pile of sheet metal and crate of stamped parts. Glazier fancied himself quite the magnate and he dabbled/interfered heavily in local politics. However in the panic of 1907 he was caught short on a loan, and this attracted the attention of his Detroit bankers, who sent auditors. They discovered that there was nothing to audit because his wife had burned the company books in the spring. This set off bankruptcy and embezzlement cases which eventually landed Glazier in jail for a few years until he was pardoned for ill-health; he lived another decade, dying in 1922. (The Gallery, DPC, Factories, Glazier Stove Works)
From Scratch: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company. Moulding room." By the time we're done with this series, ... Stay out of the stove foundry. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:52am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company. Moulding room." By the time we're done with this series, each of you will be fully qualified to make your own stoves. 8x10 dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size. Oh the memoriesI worked in a cast iron foundry back in the 80's HOT HOT HOT. Those are full iron molds in front and the glow on top is the 2,700 degree iron that was just poured in them. The molds are made of sand and you remove the casting by breaking the sand mold. The sand is then re-used for new molds. Remember those men are standing just feet away from something that is at least 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit so if you slip and fall on a mold the sand will break and you will likely die from the burns that would completely dissolve any body part touching it. We had a man fall into a molten vat once and no trace of his body was ever recovered. Dan. I'll build a stove,but someone else can cook dinner and clean up. You know the old saying"Give a man a stove, and he'll cook until the stove breaks. Teach a man to make a stove, and he'll cook for the rest of his life, as long as he has a fish, which was either given to him, in which case he'll eat for just a day (or maybe two if there are leftovers) or which he caught himself, in which case he'll eat for the rest of his life. Or maybe he'll just go into business selling stoves." If you can't stand the heatStay out of the stove foundry. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works)
Stove-Cam: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, general view." In the four years since our last visit ... for crating up the stoves or what? (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 04/28/2014 - 11:06am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, general view." In the four years since our last visit from this perspective, one of the fence-leaners has made his way across the tracks. Detroit Publishing glass negative. View full size. Gone But Not ForgottenOur Smokestack Industries. All that lumber?Used for crating up the stoves or what? (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
A Hot Mess: 1901
Circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, brass foundry, Chelsea, Michigan." Our umpteenth look at ... for getting into the building. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/23/2014 - 12:38pm -

Circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, brass foundry, Chelsea, Michigan." Our umpteenth look at these slightly untidy premises. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Balancing ActLove the precarious way the water tower sits -- half on, half off. And Quite NearbyMust be the premises of Stover's Glazing. Anyone have a match?If only there were somewhere we could, I don't know, burn all this scrap wood we have lying around. Any ideas? "Keep your workplace clean & tidy!"In his spare time back in the 1960s, my dad made a couple of safety programs for his employer -- slide shows with polished soundtracks on a tape recorder which were later converted to filmstrips with a vinyl record to be distributed throughout the company, Interstate Bakeries. To play off the company name, and the cultural excitement around the buildout of the national interstate highway system, Dad's programs were called "Interstate 15: Fifteen Rules for Safety". With all the loose lumber and wires and a barrel just lying around waiting to trip someone, this picture shows a clear violation of Rule 12: Keep Your Workplace Clean & Tidy! Safety in railroading Study the end of the flatcar and notice that while it has a Janney coupler rather than link and pin, there is no air brake or any grab irons or stirrup step for the brakeman to use to get to the hand brake. No wonder they killed 2 RR train service employees a day back then. Love that narrow gauge track with mini turntable for getting into the building. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
Bricks and Mortar: 1901
Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company -- an adjacent building." The stove empire seems to ... it almost wasn't worth it. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/20/2012 - 10:56am -

Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company -- an adjacent building." The stove empire seems to be expanding. And for you cyclists: Please, no bikes on the railroad right-of-way. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size. No BicyclesI'm sure that with the state of roads back in 1901, the railroads provided a nice alternative for cyclists, especially the tracks that didn't have the raised crossties that the bike tires had to bump over. I remember hiking over them, and if your stride didn't match the length between the first and third or fourth crosstie, it almost wasn't worth it. (The Gallery, DPC, Glazier Stove Works, Railroads)
The Shipping News: 1900
... Nice clean and shiny stove ! Must have got it from Glazier Stove Works! Shipshape indeed! This is a nicely appointed cabin ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/08/2014 - 1:01pm -

Circa 1900. "Cabin of pilot boat No.2, New York." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size. Fred MertzSo that's what he did before he got hitched to Ethel. ShipshapeNice clean and shiny stove ! Must have got it from Glazier Stove Works! Shipshape indeed!This is a nicely appointed cabin -- I wonder what the boat looks like from outside. There's carving in the overhead beams, a skylight, and what seems like varnished cabinetry along the sides. Note the curve of the berths along the ship's side and the lockers for pillows and bedclothes (maybe personal items for the pilots, also -- I interpret this as the officers/pilots' quarters, with the ship's crew berthed elsewhere). It might be a rather old vessel -- maybe even a schooner? I'm suggesting this based on the layout of the cabin, about the same as on Gloucester schooners of the period, and the cabin sole having a patterned linoleum or something like it with something else on top of it -- could it be carpeting? that also looks rather worn. The stove seems like a later addition. Note the wonderful little wire shrouds with turnbuckles to hold it in place -- were they added after a disastrous roll that pitched hot coals all over the deck, permanently defacing the linoleum, and put out after a terrifying 20 minutes with everyone drafted into a bucket brigade? [Below, the outside of the pilot boat, which generally are relatively small craft that take harbor pilots out to large ships about to dock. - Dave] Squared awayAs snug as a bug in a rug. Cozy. Stove partsThis is a bit of a tangent, but I've been trying to figure something out for years and this pic offers hope. Take a look at the ribbed sides inside the stove. We found some cast iron pieces in our 1887 home that are similar and appear to have been subjected to extreme heat. Do you think they served the same purpose, and what is that purpose? To provide additional thickness and heat dissipation where the coals would be? Also, any ideas about the piece in the second pic? (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, DPC)
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