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We Just Want To Weave and Fold Some Asbestos
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Well, weren’t we surprised to learn that there was once a company that began with the bold and (eventually) regrettable name of The Asbestos Spinning & Weaving Corporation. We were even more surprised to find out that, in some way, it still existed when we first posted this. The Asbestos Spinning and Weaving Corporation…
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The Centennial Exhibition Awards Capital District Manufactures
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Last week we mentioned that Edgar Smith’s dry air refrigerator, a product of Albany manufacture, was featured at the Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, what was essentially the first world’s fair held in the United States and a celebration of the tremendous progress, particularly industrial and agricultural progress, the young country had…
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The Erie Canal in Albany and Watervliet, 1834
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From the NYS Archives, a detailed survey of the Erie Canal from 1834. These are beautiful maps of ink, wash and charcoal. Click on them to see them in simple but glorious detail. This first one shows the beginning of the Erie Canal, and with the alignment of Lawrence Street we can see now…