Robert Wetherill & Company.
The firm of Robert Wetherill & Company was formed on January 1, 1872, by the brothers Robert and Richard Wetherill. The firm established a factory at 6th and Upland Streets in Chester, Pa., and specialized in the manufacture of Corliss-type stationary steam engines, offering complete factory power installations, including boilers, engines, shafting, pulleys and mill gearing. When the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded during the first phase of World War I, it purchased the Wetherill Company in July 1916 and converted it into a facility for the manufacture of marine engines.
From the description of Letterpress copybooks, 1882-1916. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516287
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| creatorOf | Robert Wetherill & Company. Letterpress copybooks, 1882-1916. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
| referencedIn | Wauregan and Quinebaug Company., 1795-1979. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. |
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| associatedWith | Babcock & Wilcox Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Eddystone Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Edison Electric Light Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | John Bromley & Sons. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Penn Steel Castings and Machine Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania Railroad Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Philadelphia Electric Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Dept. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Philadelphia Traction Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pusey and Jones Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Quinebaug Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Scovill Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Susquehanna Iron Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Thomson-Houston Electric Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Navy Dept. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wauregan Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wauregan Mills. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wauregan-Quinebaug Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wetherill, Richard, b. 1850. | person |
| associatedWith | Wetherill, Robert, b. 1847. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Delaware County (Pa.) | |||
| Chester (Pa.) | |||
| Pennsylvania |
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| Boiler making industry |
| Corliss steam-engine |
| Steam engines |
| Flexible manufacturing systems |
| Foundries |
| Gearing |
| Machinery |
| Machinery industry |
| Shafting |
| Steam-boilers |
| Steam-engineering |
| Steam power plants |
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