Name: Smithville (en Inglés)
Price: 84303.00 COP
Availability: InStock
Author: McDonald, Dennis ; Solem, Barbara
ISBN: 9781467103565

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Dennis McDonald

Prefacio de

Barbara Solem

Editorial

Arcadia Publishing (SC)

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

128

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 16.8 x 0.5 cm

Peso

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781467103565

Categorías

Ee. uu. region del nordeste: estados del atlántico medio
Fotografía y fotógrafos
Historia de empresas específicas/historia societaria
Historia de américa
Historia local

Smithville (en Inglés)

Dennis McDonald (Autor) · Barbara Solem (Prefacio de) · Arcadia Publishing (SC) · Tapa Blanda

Libro Nuevo Importado

Envío: 18 a 25 días háb.

$ 168.606$ 84.303

-50%

Costos de importación incluídos en el precio ✅

Libro Nuevo

Quedan más de 100 unidades

$ 84.303

Llega entre el 12 Ago y el 25 Ago a Bogota, Cundinamarca. Seleccionar ubicación

Agregar a lista de deseos

Reseña del libro "Smithville (en Inglés)"

In 1865, industrialist/inventor Hezekiah Bradley Smith purchased Shreveville, later renamed Smithville, an abandoned textile mill and town located along the Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, for $20,000.He moved many workers from his Lowell, Massachusetts, plant to the new location, rebuilt the factory, and prepared it for the manufacture of his patented iron woodworking machinery. Smith began to improve the aging housing in the surrounding village. He opened a school and, later, constructed a new school building. Smith erected a boardinghouse for factory workers that contained shops and a concert hall. Through farming on land adjacent to his mansion, he made fresh produce and milk available to his workers. Smith's company also expanded into new industries by working with outside inventors, like George Washington Pressey, who needed a manufacturer for his American Star Bicycle. Later, Arthur Hotchkiss contacted the company to build the world's first bicycle railroad to transport workers from Mount Holly to the Smithville factory. This book captures life in the village and factory, memorializing the intertwining lives of the Smithville workers and H.B. Smith through photographs.