- Potpourri - Janesville Sesquicentennial
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- 1855 business at a glance
- In 1855, Janesville manufacturers produced $225,000 worth
of flour and meal, $102,500 in
- finished lumber, $2,000 in chairs, $45,059 in carriages,
$9,872 in cut marble, $7,500 in soap and candles, $81,500 in
farm implements and machines, $13,000 in corn brooms, $36,000
in saddles and harnesses, $13,550 in cigars, $63,500 in tin ware
and stove pipe, $51,744 in clothing, $58,600 in boots and shoes,
$39,987 in furniture and upholstery, $21,000 in bricks, $500
in whips, $58,000 in sashes, doors and blinds, and $20,000 in
woolen goods.
- Factories and mills listed for that year included four flouring
mills, one corn and cob grinder, one
- grist mill strictly for custom work, two manufactories of
farm implements, two foundries, one steam-planing mill, one steam
engine factory, one wool factory, a stone sawing mill, three
saw mills, two brickyards, two corn broom factories, two chair
factories, six carriage factories and wheelwright shops, four
cabinet manufactories, five sash, door and blind factories, six
tin and stove pipe factories, three cigar factories, one book
bindery, two whip factories, two confectionery factories and
a marble factory.
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