Amoskeag Manufacturing Company - Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1911

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1911

(Data recorded on panoramic postcard reproduced above)

Statistics:

  • Number of looms—24,200
  • Number of spindles—662,000
  • Length of cotton & worsted cloth woven per annum -- 237,000,000 yards (217,000,000 m)
  • Number of bags woven per annum—1,500,000
  • Number of turbine water wheels—30
  • Power furnished by wheels -- 16,290 hp (12,147 kW)
  • Number of boilers—185
  • Rated horsepower of boilers—27,750
  • Number of steam engines—12
  • Power furnished by engines -- 15,100 hp (11,260 kW)
  • Number of steam turbines—5
  • Power furnished by turbines -- 26,678 hp (19,894 kW)
  • Number of alternating current generators—14
  • Power developed by generators -- 41,175 hp (30,704 kW)
  • Number of electric motors—583
  • Power of motors -- 27,702 hp (20,657 kW)
  • Oil consumed per annum—75,000 US gal

Size:

  • Floor space in buildings -- 5,844,340 sq ft (542,957 m2)
  • Floor space in buildings -- 137 acres (0.6 km2)

Wages:

(Table showing amount of wages paid per year at end of 10 year periods)

  • 1831 -- $36,298
  • 1840 -- $74,239
  • 1850 -- $487,005
  • 1860 -- $633,680
  • 1870 -- $1,107,428
  • 1880 -- $1,604,322
  • 1890 -- $2,435,481
  • 1900 -- $2,772,611
  • 1910 -- $6,176,353
  • 1911 -- $6,370,089

Total amount paid in wages from 1831 to 1911: $114,753,340

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