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George

Frick

and

the

Frick

Early

Days

Company

of

.A

tool

is

but th e exten

hand,
tool. Ancl he that

ments the power of a 1

being

and a machine

inven

of

manl.-iml

."

sion

of a man's

is

but a comvle:i:

ts a mac

1wu

ancl

-l/e11ry

Ward

hine

aug-

the well-

Beecher.

George

Frick and the Early Days

of

Frick Company

One

hundred
born.
elected
our
of
steam
leading
west
and
were

Lhrough

c

ult way
press, as
highways
was
the
undreamed

y

ears of
anticipating
nearly
ancestral
"go
he
and
boro
and
his
before
his

considerable
,\Then
it
lessly,

.John

President

country

its

existence

had

Conesto0·a wa(>'ons

becoming a familiar

gazed

countryside.

In l 83.5, when

,vest."

reached

looked

lies,

promise

westward

family.

The

elder

he

is

evident

had

railroad

through

been

;:,

our

valleys

over

it

gallop

at

at

of.

age, his

J1alf a

home

Accordingly,

the

over

he

him,

as

bought

Frick

left

that

he

years

Quincy

reached

as a nation.

in

built

the mountains.

the

in

Horace

centur

top

the
was
of

the

trek

means

his

home

selected a site

ago

George

Adams

of

the United

the

America.

,,

aynesboro

:ju

st

;:,

ed

rate

wonder

Such

George
father, Abraham

in

so

and,

must

he

with

and

dragging

back.and

of

ten

speed

Greely

y,

decided

Lancaster

he

of

the

valley

struck

spot

lands

and

did

[ 7 ]

in

that

as

have

some

in

Lancaster

not

Frick

had

just

States

semi-centennial

There

ten

sight-creeping

miles

by

Frick

set

South

which

with

many

and

settle

was

not

The

their

forth

was

's

he

been a man

for

turnpike

from

years

The

the

County

discernment.

east

before,

burdens

their

pony ex-

over

an

people

heretofore

was

Frick,

advice

to

lea

ve his

out.

returned

_

,vhen

lVIountain

,vaynes-

the

beauty

slopped

had

County

here

his

future

hour,

was

been

and

a

to

diffi-

the

of

nine

by

and

in

clone

for

of

aim-

One H11.ndred

Years

George Frick's
Father

,

Ago

Th

e Frick

Jl

omcstc·

l

11l

Ge01-ge

the Boy

Frick,

residence, wl1jch wns
of the finest co

Franklin

There

h

ad

County.
is eviden

a rnechanicn l
long before he
liLLle st
hou
his own
a
water

barn.

distance

it
elevated
conveni
any
in his

ream jn th e m

se

and installed n waler

hnnd

pump

, also of hjs

from a well in to

The

from

by

means

to

ence

one

else h

hou

se.

un

ce

turn.

darnrned

s. \Vith

water

wheel was a
the well
of a c

run

over

was us

ereabouts had

LitLle George was

of

the

Lime
rnnking t hings
with curious
water

wheel

when

and

int

and

hi s

erest

pump.

his genius was lik e

Ll1en,

Lry

a

hom

that

for J1e

up

the

eadow

11d

is Loday, one

es

in

.-\braha111 ·

was
wnters

jn fro

wheel

tl1i.-whee

own

the hou

l he

makinn-,

·e

and

considerab

and

was conne

hain

ed

the

bv

drive

roadwa

him

which

lono-

rnnning water

probably present

father

doubtless

when

ly

[ 8 l

was enga

watched

he

erected

Th

e la.te

quickened

nt

Sou t-hem

Frick

not

here

of

Ll1

nt

of his
made
ope

to

rat

rnise

to

by

ed

the

le

cted

to

was

y .

Thi

before

mu

ch

ged

in

him

t he

spa

rk

of

when

he

e

s

watched
As

l>o

st

reams,

and

connected

of

]1is own
that
of

the
shops
with

So

on

the

educat

Township, as

Pennsylnrnin

It

was

being espe
old

arithmetics
mens
decid
root,

for

rno

By

George

sa

wmill,

this

crude

ys

are

wont

George

built

them

these

grist

in

his

father.

Georn

form

ion

rnakin

were

mill s,

the

·e

at

o-.

designed

saw

vicinity,

Frick

, receiving a

a subsc

the

hnd n

ot

·aid Lhat he wns fond of :figurino-,
cialJy ::ipt

illustr::it ing

urati

on.

It

was

ed

liking

stumbling

st

pupil

the

was

and

for so lvin g

Ii

locks tl1en,

.

time ]1e

permitted

if we

nre
acc-ornpli.·hrnents, he
account
ing pln.ythinn

c

hin

1843

ticed
wright
starting
de:fini

of

ery

big enou

,

at

himself

liv

tely

himself.

Lhe

ino-

out

put

·s

and

age

to

at

to

aside

gh to

of

lVCartin

llidgcville,

support

become a man.

contrivance

to

do,

who

water

up

You

with

can

wheels
toy

after

mills,

spc

where

n t his

and

he

boyhood

common

ription

public

then

with Lhe

schoo
school
been

examples

the subject

also

said

that

problems

as

well

hnd reac

to

to

no

He

wanted

help

judge

doubt

soon

hed

in

outgrew

t.o

do real work.

seven teen, he

Kendig,

himself, he

boyish

things:

in

action.

play along

himself

machinery

well

imagine

observation

blacksmith
often

went

days

school

l in

Quinc

system of

inaugurated

in

the

he

had

in

cube

as

today,

his

teens

his

father's

bv

his

lat

gaYe a

goo

mak-

make

ma-

So,

appren-

a mill-

l\'.fd.

Thu

had

he

had

y

.

of

a

,

er

d

in

s

It

appears

taken

after
Kendig, was
for

an

undershot

that

he

the

one

of Lhe

assoc

iat

building

wa t-er

[

9]

wheel

first

jobs

ed

himself

of a wooden

at

Ziegler's,

und

with

trnnk

er-

a

Learned
Trcule
iWi

llwright

of

Da

y of the

Reso11rcef11I

Man

nearby gri
nbout

father

two

's

home

st

mill.

years,

He
and

at Q.uincy, where

business for himself

At

thnt

time

there

flour mills in

young

trave

Frick, as

ling

Franklin

an

journeyman,

cou ld possibly do.

was even called

Virg inia.

VVhen

it

was

er

ect
lying along
lum
would be ma<le
would he
constructed
stream
trunk

would run
which was

the

a mill

ber

to

George

Frick learned

practice

at a waterfall

the

from t he

built

and a water wheel would

and

the

water

the

water

the

constructed

bank

forest

for a headrace.

insta.lle

wooden nrn c

job.

It

was

the

clay of

Out

of

the

raw

materials

penter

maker
various

or

mason

his

furniture,

implements

built

mechanic developed
or

the

good

maker

or

the

blacksmith

good

remain

by

open

Lhen

ed

with

returned

ing a

repair

were a.bout 75 grist

County alone

expe

rt

millwright

had all

On

several occasions

over into

the

the

Valley

millwri gh

in mill

construction
from

s of the s

nearby.

cl.

By

would flow

wheel,

tream

Ex

clamming

through

and the wheel

hinery,

by hnncl

the reso

at

his

house,

and

the blacksmith

of

husbandry.

into

the

or

good

the

right

urceful

hand

t he

good

millwright.

Kendig

to

his

he

began

shop

or

and

and

work

he
he

ting

the

sto

ne

and

cava

tion

A t

runk

be
the
the

n,

II

on

the

man.

the car-

cabinet

the

The

carpenter

wagon-

.

a

of

,

to

of

Frick's First

Steam

Engine

George
but a short
father's

Frick

time

borne
frame building
weaving shop,

remained

when

at

Quincy,

known

he

began

[IO]

at

millwrighting

he

returned

and

as a fu

the

manufacture

to
securing
lling mill

his

the

or

of

graincleaners,

then

that
a

structed

hi s

George
e
ness,

his own

believed
cast
fan

u

It

capacity
h
pounds

cla
ancl
from
ation

sometimes

It

was

at

this

he

mad

e his

two-horse-power

from

own

use.

It

is

doub

tful whether

Fri

ck .had

ngin

e. As
iL

is

an

told

patterns

by some tliat

ings . H e

by mea

sed

water

is

not certain

ave

He

for

been

at

a h

bored

ns

of

pow

rnnnin

more

his fir

eat.

mping the cylinder

usin

g a

home-made

the

head

stoc

he m

ay
communicating
or

tumbling
Lhat
pow
a

his

er. All the

nd

crossheacls, we
hammer
Young

Frick
indomitable
undertake
such

handicaps. It
that
build

yea

it req

rs

a s
ago

hunclred-ton

shaft.

turning

and

must have been possessed

courage

the

uir

ed

mall

than

ice

or

windmills,

called.

time,
first

steam

stationary

hi s

own

patterns

ever laid

illustration

that

he

began

and, stranger

may have

horse

er

whic

power

from

h,

but

g clown

than

st

cylinder

to

k of t

he

also have

the

power

One

lathe

flat

surfaces,

re

chisel

and then

and

building

should

more

steam

it

skill

engine

does

machine

[

11]

as

they

in

the

Fall

engin

e.
engine,
and

up

to that

eyes

on a steam

of

his

resourceful-

by

constructing

still,

he

turned

his

several

made

or
father's
in e

metal

bis

he

may

ither

could

bis

sawmill.

hundred

on a lathe

the

bed

of

the

boring

lathe. In

used

by

bar

this

horse power,

means

informant

was

run

by

such

as

hand-chipped

hand

limitless

of

an

be

and

energy

engine

borne

ability

seventy

to

erect

in

these

days.

were

of

1850,

It

con-

built

time

it

own

cupolo

have

case

lathe

driv

oper-

of

belt

states

foot-

guides

with

filed.

under

in

mind

-five

a

two-

was

for

is

bis

not

,

en

of

to

to

-

Geor

ge

Fri

ck wa . just

this time. He h

of technical Lraining, bu t what

trainin g he ce

tal

ent.

in

Lo

of his time. Geor

m

an
it is
his litt

nn org

In

th e fini he

"·ho

mad

doubtful

le engine ,you

anizati

ad

none

rlainl

his

e hi clrenms come

wheLher he

on such ns

y m

ability

el product

ge

~4
of

t he :1,dvan

ade

to

turn raw mate

he

Fri

ck was t he

ever dream

lei

be the fo re

now bea

.) cars of

age

he lacked

up

in nat

wa:s far ah

kind
tru

e,

ed

runn

rs his n

at

tages

in

ural

ri al

ead

of

a

but

that

er

of

ame.

Trying
His Eugine

011t

Th

e clav

his genius. H

seco

nd
placed the boil
ing them

the floor.

to consider hi

wa. more or les~·

run. Allhough he

n gove rnor.

lh

c whole t

tu

rned on the s

He rela

n

f'L

er firing up the

and

turn

yo

nd th e center.

boiler a

tiously

nnd listened

heard
was fea rful

co

ura

ge, l,ow
c:rept
engine
t

hing
tl,c for e
tlie age uf

had corn

.

had

floor

and

the

up

moving

of life- a cr

of

\Yi

th n

It

,,·ns perfectly

Lill

hing rni

ted a

ed the c

ncl

a f

tcr some hesi

slowly

for

engine

abo
eve

t he

runn

ers of a

steam

er

proj

team.

f' tern

stairs,

Lo trv

·et

the

fullin

on

the first floor , connect-

pipe running

ect

an experiment and

dubiou.-about i

pro,

he had

uht noL

·,1

rd Lo some friends

boiler

rnnk

of

Th

en he

opened

results. He

move, but

ut

go

r, he slowly n

alo

ng

eature of

new

!

out

..,

up

hi

engine on tire

g shop

nnlurnl

·ided hi.·
n,isgivin(l's

blow

he

went upst

his eng

went

ta lion

t he t

even

in°· up.

there

at

to

an

even pace

power-one

indu

the c

up thro

ts ahilily to

engine

up when he

ine

clown

hrottle

thought

lVIuste

ncl

behold his

str

and

for

whclh

just

he ca

then

fea

ial

hild

Jracl

ugh

hilll

wilh

that

airs

to

valve

rin

rfu1ly

epoc

of

he

er

be-

t he

u-

he
he

g

-a
of

h,

[ 12 l

At

this J)Oint we will s

in o

ur

na rrnLi

was

marri
Oppenland
s

implicity,

ve

to

say

ed Decemuer 9, 1

er. C

it

haracteristic

was said

that
walked from t heir home
house,

of
mediat
of

t

hat

h

ad

und

Lo

l{in

began the er
he

s

uppli

stea

li

ttle

w

as

: in

had a
a

nd
which he
co
encl of
t he
g

uid
\\

ere

by

·been
it

their

ely wen t

the

fulling

a dis tan

we

ddin

ce

of'
g.
to

mill,

George Frick was a h

hi

ne\\ wife a

er the sa

Th

e nex t

a fa

rn1

ggold),

h.id

The

engine which J1e

Ill

e roof.

y"enr, in 1851 or 1

near tlic villa

l\Id.

ect

invente

Here lie built a shop

ion of the

d.

ed th e power for ma

m enirines a

~

nd

engin e, being re

afterwards sold a

ce

it was still

The steam

in

engine was a machine

peculiar fascinat

in

the d

nsi

sted of a strong

which
shaft
eba

rs

made

him

are still

so

well

is diffic

evelopment

too

k grea t delig

the engine cylinder
being
in

of

at

the cent

iron .

in use. The

and

so sub

ult

to \\ear

Jialf a mile, on the

'fhe young

house keepin°· at

and

nd

his ne\\· engine

ge

Imel

mill rnach.i

pla

nd

ope

ration.

ion for

woo den

the other e

er.

Seve

r.ti old engii1es

sta

them out.

0

to11

J

u

st

loner enoucrlt

• 0

that

George

849

, to

Fr

ederica,

of

l\fr.

Frick

he

and

hi :

to

the m eeting

co uple im-

one end

we

may be cert

appy

of

Fri

man

, for lie

852

, he mo, e

Hid

gevillc (nO\\.

ck engine, which

mad

e in

Quincy

nufacturing other

nerv.

.,

ced by a

not

larger size,

many

yea

which

George

and

operat

ht.

Hi

s first

frame

was

ncl

Later the

Fri

ion of

on on

bolted

with the

fram

made

y seem

to have

ntially made that

::,

Frick

's

brid

e

cla

y

ain

both

el

and

Thi:

rs

ck

typ

e
e

es

The

Shop

Ridgeville

,

Little

,tt

[

13

l

ONE

Thi

s old ·team en

With

n evlinder o
horscpo":er.
r.p.m. Th
th

e G-fl. be

The

lnble

pass

ed

thr
in i\lr. hic
Pa

., where

s

tal

es

lhal

engine la.v o

The

cylinder

OF

THE

Fll1

ST

FH

ICK

ENGI~E

gine was builL by Geor

r()

and

e ,

ll.

in the c

ough the feed-waler healer. The C'ng inc

k's
iL
il outla

ul

in. burc

ran

nL

hn[L and ccc·enlrie wer

wheel was secured wiLh wedge.;

ent

er . upported a

shop

was

operated

sted two boilers. For Lhc pa, l fo

in

an

open field,

bur

c i,; still as smoo

a.ncl I:.!

a ~peed , n id to ha

al

Tiin

ggo

ld. br·ing

uni

ii 1S8

but

th

ge Frick

in. sLruke ,

e n single cas

guvcrnor. The e

G.

ha, bee

a,

gla,s.

it. was

ve

been [rom

and

later move

u.v

a i\lr

n r

ece

S

:Lbo11L 185G.

rat

ed
75

ting

, lo

speller me

xhau

st s le

wa,

Grsl 11,e

d lo

rly

.,·cars Lhe

ntly rcc

f~11i11c.v.

alf, who

. M et.c

al

to

whi

lai111

10

!JO

ch

tal.

a111

d

c.J.

Frick the

Pioneer Eugine

Builder

In

our counlry at

operation

man

y gri
numerous sawmills.
mills, woolen-rnills,
other

by

furna ces

small

water

manufacturing concern

pow

er.

and

forges in

Th

that
st

or flo

Th

tanneri

ere

were

Franklin

]860.

But

of

our vall

changes were

ey were

taking

being

fast

woodman 's axe. As a res

become

cases di

of finding
then
of

steam

owner was an

ing

smaller

sappea

pow

and

red a

er

to

became a serious

became

necessary,

energet

man,

his

industry

smaller,

lto

get

run these little factories

one.

ic

and a forward

was

out.

I

14

J

time there

ur

mill

ere

were

es,

and

s,

also five

Co

pince.

laid

The

low

ult, the stre

and

her.

The

The

substitution

and

unl

permitted

were

s, al

in

so

paper-

various

all

run

or

six

unt

y in

forests

by

the

ams

in

some

problem

ess

the

look-

to

die

M cssrs. Frick & Co.

I hare

E11gi11cs
ple11/y
sides
now
eco110

Mercersburg,

used

011c

i11

my

la1111ery

of

JJ01t

·cr lo grind 600 cords

of

leather a year, besides
r111111i11g cn:ry day,
111

fral

1corl:i11y

Franklin

Old Le

March

of

George Fricl.-·s Ten-horse Stalio11ary

over

e11y

llcr

a11d I co

i11es

I hace seen.

Co1111/y,

referring

buil l in

cigltlce11

of

111illi11y

nsider

Uespectf11lly,

Pa .

to

a Frick

1 S56

year.•,

and

bark

a11d

hides, 7mmpi11g, etc. Is

it

yet

011e

A.

J.

NORT

Engine

Q0,

1874.

it

has gfren

roll about

of

the most

II.

us

G000

Here

knowl

upon
was
ol'Len s
by

furnish

pletely

machinery
knowledn-eof millwrio-htin°· beino- well known
his
Franklin
ing

business

About
beginning
some
most
separating
chaff. · Frick
engines

traction
sawmills

it

edge

and

that

uppl

one

of his e

ed

and

b · b b

advice

counties

spread.

of

their

laborious

to

was

that

came

cons

the

into

ulted

dwindling

eme

nted

ngine

by streams

the

engine

havin

was

County,

this

to

g a good re

sought

but

and

states

time

look

operations.

was

the

wheat

built

run

the

engines

could

be

1\1r.

Frick's

pla

y,

for

on

all

sides.

waler

with

s.

power
Sometimes
was

abandoned

did

all

the

putation

not

only

throughout

as

well.

the

farmers

to mac

hinery

Among

that

of

from

threshing

the

Lorsepowers

threshers.

by

which

moved

threshers

from

eng

ineering

he

was called

The

power

furnished

the

work.

and

t,

throughout

the

adjoin-

And

were

to

perform

these

straw

and

portable

Then

he

place

result

was

power

com-

His

his

so

his

also

the
and
and

built

and

place.

Thus

ing,

in

keeping

the

usually

Frick
so

up

business

rapidly

with

the

[

that

demand.

15]

kept

he

had

on

expand-

difficulty

'

to

Frick

Plfl11t

Moved

IWfly11esboro

to

It

mi

s in ] S(il thn t Geor

his en Lire

Lo

ry

ousl

.) erecte

lh e m

e

parator , .
on a
cl

one in

Th

e engines he

not

ed iu his ne,,·s
tlta L
horscpo\\'er .

plnnt to

fram

nnu

fa ·lur

mu

ch

Ll1

e c

Lim

e- from L,,·o ltorscpo

" ny11esboro

e b

uildin

d by

awmill

larger scal

him.

e of

nnnpccl

built

pnp

ge

J,

ri

ck m

oved

, usin g a t

g 50 by 100 f

H ere he continu

ste

am

~, and olher machinery

e titan J1e could

quart

ers

rang

ed

cr

ad vertiscrnents

eet pre\

enn·ine ,

at

Ridgevill

in siz

\\'

er

up

e-

to

gra

hav

wo-

i-

ed

in

e

e.
as
at

l :30

Erected

Shops

Death

Chm1ged

New

Here

Plrms

.-\nother plot
on Lhe
tiou of a new p l
ing or engin

spec

IL ,,·ill
ing career L
a

hrn
working cnpi ta.I
panding

The .-

li

e old tlte

Geiser,
.-even ties his engine Lrade de\·elope<l
an
aid.
of his

In
ma n, a youn g ma n
caste

bec
deliberati
und

The busin

about
fall

ea

t side ,,. It ere he b

ialt

y.

be 110Licc

y Jrnndicapp

Lrade ,,·

iLuaLio11 ,ms relie,·ed

Pri

ce & Co

extent

r,

ame interes

er t

of

Lltat he ,,·a again obliged

Thi

s tim e he wen t back

birth

Lhe

yea

and a seco

on

he

firm

ess

one

year when young

1872,

of nTotllld

~rnL

es

and boil

d in ·Lud.)·

ha

t Geor

ed for \\'ant of sufficien t

Lo properly

il11

Lltresltin°·

111p:t1t

for

addit

r 1S70, C

nd cous

ted

in

he beca

nam

wa::, condu

co

ntr

acted

[

,,·,1.

·

soon bo

cg~

t n the er

of

brif'k.

ers I lien h

i11

°· Lhi ·

n

ge

Fri

ck

wa

ca

re

\\'ltich J1e

par

t of his

y bu t

iona l capiLal.

hrisLian Fri

from

in

J1is plans.

me a
e of F rick &

cted

typho

16]

was favored.

nwterially wh

in tlt

to

tJ1

e ci

ty

of

George

partner

in

this

Bowman

id

Tlte bu

ec:

for

bu

t he count

\ft

with

Ilowrnan.

fever and

ugh t

am · l1i

int

ere ·t-

s ne

arly

t he e

ine s

e e

arl

to

such

to

see

ck

Bow

of

Lan-

Frick,

er s

ome

him

manner

in

ec-

ild-

s

x-

en

to

y

k
y

-

the

died.

~1r.

Frick's
himself, was
son,

Frank,

The
and
young
Fr
cxpecled

Once
for his

than

co

nfront

which
for
B

owman's

Fri

was Lhrea Le
ing
offe

death

his

son

manhood,

ick

and

to

of

more

business

ever

before.

ed

with a problem

meant either prosperity

the town

deat

ck

from

various

ned

industry.

ring

a l

GreencasLle,

It should

road

e
products
from
cas
nnd
handled
ing
materi
A l
a

!tad yet reached ,Yay11esboro.

the iron ,

ntering

lumb

into Lhe

had

the

near

tle, a

had

ocation

good

distance

the

manufactured

in

the same

become a real

ally

to

on a railroad

thing.

whole

also

strjcken,

succumbed

of

his

partner,

Frank, both

was

11is busin

the

partn

he

was obli

was

of

ess for

ership.

increasing

At

this

,va.) ncsboro.

h, offers

plac

with

Notab
ocation
and

be

borne

Lhe

le
were

I-lage r

in

er, coal,

manufactur

Lo

be

hauled

est

railroad ·tation

of

more

way.

the

cost

of

family,

to

the

in

the

and

including

his

disease.

l\tlr.

Bowman,

very

a ]1ard blow

much

had

ged to seek

more

time

he

the soluti

or

adversily

After

of help

es

and

" '

aynesbo

loss

of Lhis

among

the

Chambersburg,

slown.

mind

and

that

other

e of

here

mat
the

by

at Green-

Lhan nine miles,

product

This

burden

the goods

would ce

had

extra

and

produc
rtainly be

old

est

flush

to

ol'

lVIr.

been

capita

rapidly

was also

on

of

1lr.

came

to

ro

promis-

towns

no

rail-

11o

st

of

erials

Frick

teams

to

be

haul-

a<lclecl

ed.

l,

Greencastle
nally eliminat
ations
H

age

works to

with

rstown,

that

and

ed from

a few

to

make

city,

were beingco11su111maled.

Chambersburg

the contest

of

the leading

the

[

17]

and 11egot

transfer

wer

men

of

e fi-

of

the

i-

JJ1/

aynesboro's
Lucky
Thirteen

I

Th

eu it w
men of ,
an offer
ca pi Lal

as

tha l a

vaynesbo

to join

to meet

number of enterpri

ro came

him

and f

the n

to lV[r. Frick

urni

eeds

business.

Thi

s offer resul
a partnership composed
be

rs.

l\1on

ey

was
period,
wh
the wor
has

Lhis partners
gave liberall
inclustrv for

reaso n

wi

thout excep tion,

ca

me lead ing and prosp

as o

ur coun

at

is now known

st

financia I disturban

eve

r experience d. T he men cons ti tu ting

hip

y of their means

.J

,, avneshoro mi0·ht with o·ood

be called

ted

in the organization of

of' thir

scarce

, who

., ' Q 0

'"I

at

try

was

as

the

"Pa

nt

a critical moment

'he lucky

eve

ry one o
ero

us citizens of the

cornmuni ty.

Th

187

e !Jew par tners

3,

with a

capita

J1i

p b

ega

l of $34,00 0.
Frick relinquished his finan
the compan
fi

rm

or part

gen

era

l supe

y,

but he co nt

ners

hip

rintendent,

inu

in the

manage
surer. At that time t he pla
him

to the firm
sold it out right
cashi er of the First

'i\'aynesboro,
credi t for brin ging the t
ge

tJ1

er,

was

, a

nd

seve

to

them.

National Ba

to

whom sho

elected first

ral

hirte

pr

partnership.

sing

with

sh a

ddi

t ional

of his growin g

tee

n mem-

tha t particular

passi

ng throu

nic o

l'

ce

th is country

lo

save

T'hir

teen

l'

them be-

n in :Fe

cial int

ed

t9

serve

erest in

capacity

r, a

nd trea

1873,"

this

"; for

bru

a.r

Geor

the

gh

y,

ge

of

nt was leased by

yea

rs later he

John

uld

esid e

en

nt

Philips

nk

be giv

men

of t

of

en

to-

he

-

,

Yectrs
Grecttest

Exj,ansion

of

Durin

1873

i

ls

Ne

to

g the

1884 , l

yea

rs of its pa

i'

ri ck & C

most rapid expansion.

w members were a

[

18]

omp

rtn

ers

any

exp

dmitted

hip

from

erienced

to

the

partnership
Articles of
into
capital

its

was

treasury.

.January
rapidly
the

1882

in

January

1884

those

these

of

the

capita

coffers of

it"

as

to

$900,000,

clays.
yea

rs

business.

Unable

on

. ouLh

l

880

lar
fall of
on

began,
to

mained

that
feet.
times

f

a.r

ger

a tr

the

The

a11d

decided

plot

1880

act

and

new

since.

total

Lime.

These

and

"id

from

tillle

Association

increased

1879

to

l was

the

new

raised from

1883

to $G00,000

a

George

as

to

expand

Broad 'Lr

of

ground

Lhe

at

in l 881

Frick

superintendent

cet,

it

wns

erection

the

west encl

Lhe

location

floor

was

shops

visitors

area

in excess of

were

came

e.

to

time

and

bJ

In

January

to

$125,000

now

being

company:

$125,000

huge

capitalization

cont

further

the

necessary

for

Lhe

of

works

where

of

the

in

to

by

signing

paying

$40,000

.

money

1875

and

Note

poured

in

January

to

$350,000;

and

in

January

inued

and

in

through

manager

its location

management

to

seek

works.

the

of v\

were

Lhey

new

100,000

advance

see

In

new

aynesboro

removed

]_1ave

shops

square

of

them

the

the

in

how

into

in

in

a

the

shops

re-

at

the

from

Ily

this

Frick

and

business
decided

Company

realizing

with

to
corporation.
nership
dissolved

by a new
organized
The

known

and

corporat

under

capital

time

the

the
such

convert

According

as

the

stock

number

had

reached

difficulty of

a l

arge

the

partnership

ly

in

Frick

&

business

ion

called

the laws

of

the

[

19]

of

Company

of

partners

almost

transacting

number,

it
into

1884

the

Company

was

taken

Frick

Company,

Pennsylvania.

was

of

150,

was

part-

was

over

one

a

Frick

Organized

Com.pany

~

;~;,;ft~~1;,

..:

·?:

~ '

'~:~

~~~

:.

. ~

Yi

/.~~

cw or Lhc

,o';

~.:

Frick

(From ,,,, o

;

:tc

. ; . . .

....,,,,....__

~:[~

~~-, .

. hop.·

in

Lh

ld ,rood c ul)

c e

arly

..

'"'

Eighlie.;

'~,~~ \

.-c,-.s=

l

"':-:•

.

The

Policy

Frick Company

of

million

paid

a

popular

dred

7

,i\

aynesboro.

was
that
ployee

so

popular

The

creased
the

time

$5,000,000

(100,000

Common

The
of
the
more

Company
ing

dollars

in.

The

stockholders, niost

ta.ken

time.

O\vnership,

capital

from

business

it

has

policy

the

Company-"

product

than

and

honesty that

authorized

move111cn t Lo

one

and

there

of t hem residents

Quite a lar

by

emplo

This

in

,v

time

indi

an

par

shares),

Stock

of

and

is

bears a reputation

yees of

was

whi
aynesboro.
of

the

to

cated,

authorized

value

and

without

its

founder

always

promised."

ge

the

ch

Co

time

until

6%

100,000

par

Never

give

is

world-wide.

,

with

incorporate was

were

amo

the

beginning

has since

1npa

as

at

capital

Preferred

value.

is

still

over-represent'

full

Result-:Frick

$900,000

several hun-

unt

of

stock

Com

pany at

of

become

ny

was

the

needs

the

present

stock

Stock

shares

the

polic

1neasure

for

fair

of

em-

in-

of

of

of

or

deal-

_

y

[

20]

Slc

am

Engines

and Compan

As

mad

e a

a LLract

:111

article desc

ils operat

t-

he Sc i en L

profu

ber of

und

y. From view in "Scientifi c

evidence

nam

the

attent

ion s

ifi

sely illu

inside

e f

The account in

rn

en

ls

first
Frick & Co
it

s fo

under:

bu

siness m

devolved

t

hou

gh a

cl

ose

allenlion

-

associated
bo

dy

of

t he

Company

mp

anagernen t of

up

dvan

with

ass

is

s Lant presence
orig

in

of

the business to

unu

sual m

Cont

a

im

of

machinery

echan

inuin

the

Company has

which
sible res ul t·s
permanence

er

con

struc

lion in

Lhat

or ilself a

the

Frick

nd

ion of the

ripti

ve

of the

appea

c Am

strated an
views

lo

any

"Fro

on JHr.

ced

tan

are

and

red l\!Iarch 17, 1883

erica

n.

d c

of

the

this

journal pays

"\\

aynesboro and

and has

m

its

George

in

yea

rs, co

to it,

him

ts, Lhe

and

self a lar

present

as large

supervision,

ical skill."

g,

the article states

wo

uld

yield

at

a

price

and

durabili

[

21]

?ITachinc Shop of

American,"

Company

was

beginning

country

Company

Th

e article

ont

ained a num-

pla

nt.

this

to

say

foundation

the

company

Frick

ntinu

while he

ge and

successes of

ly due

to

as

his

ingenuity

that "The

been

to

the best

consist

ty.

Thal

1883

at

la rge,

cornpli-

t h

en

about

, t

who,

es

to

capable

his
was

produ

ent

these

Fri

ck

bad

to

and

in

was

to

he

ha

pay

has

con-

the

and

ce

pos-

wi l

s

Ii

Acco11nt
Scientific
American

in

objects

in
in

creas ing

better

goods could n

Durin

days, it will

hav

e been

the

widespread popularity,

demand

proof

than this of the

ot

g these t imes of eigh t

astonish
employee to see
"That
to 1883,

hut

ran on

Lo

for a peri

excepting

clown

for repairs,

extra

time, amounting

thir teen hours ou t

atta

be

give

from

od

of five

only

ined is

for

n."

bot

t his m

Frick

of

eve

forcibly

and

their

merits of

or

h e

mpl

agaz

yea

rs fr om

wh

en o

&

in

ry t wenly

shown

the

product.

nine-hour

oyer and

ine

art

ccasionall

Co

mpan

the

average

-four.

ever

A

their

icle,

1878

y
y

"

Honors

Awarded

Frick &

Comprmy

This

pany and its

enjoy a national

tation as well.
in
examination,
gave t

1

87G,

was

he

the peri

products not

but

AL

the

judges found

"That t he '

best

res

Lhe Centennial

ults of

tested."

In

1880,

to

l\1elbourne,

the

exposition

captured fir

worthy
engines

co

mpeting for the disting

At St. Louis, C
many
Frick

were usually

l

◄

orty-four

ical disce

tion of

this lan guage :

accurate scientifi c
sign , strong,

one

st

victor

from Eng

other

& Co

fairs a

mpan

yea

rnment

the

Frick

of

the

Australia

then

in

award,

y,

as

land and

incinnati,

nd exposition

y e

nter

awarded the

rs

ago

, a

fter

eng

"It

principle

pow

erful

od

when

Frick & Co

only began lo

an

international rep

, after

Eclipse' engin

any

T• rick engin

to

be

progr

there

ess.

which

were

was

other countries

uished

Chicago

ed

their

highest

an

engineer

making

ine, gave

is

made on

and

[

22]

bis

s,

original

durable, and

hxhibition

minut

that

were

es \\asse

exhibited

This

engine

a

note-

twenty-five

honor.

and

s,

wher

ever

engine,

they

honors.

of

meclrnn-

an

examina-

opinion

the

most

in

de-

m-

u-

e
e

nt

at

in

its

unparall
outcome
e

ffort

eled re

of

intelligent,

exercised

putation

by its man

making quality the

tion

."

ir

1s

but the

persistent,

age

first

great

ment

considera-

natural

honest

and

by

\\ e ha

yea

rs of
pa use
usually

o

mpany wh

going

backwa
no rnaLtcr

order lo preve

·ome

panics

lry w:1

ci:1

I di

11u111b

lllOn

effect

.--\

ve just

Frick Compan

for a rn

omen t

comes a time

en iLs

forward,

rel, and

what

nt it. F rick & Company had

Lo Lhc J car 1

that

periodically ove

up

on us.

st

urban

er of

wi

th lllany other concerns, felt

of

faclor

ce

yea

rs a

the depr

thn t Lenclcd

iLua tion \\:ls Lhat

yen

rs

before engaged

ice a

nd

refri

gera

wa ·

in

ils

infancy rtncl

one

of

the

pioneers.

Th

e resul t

yea

rs,

beginning
was n
ho
la

th

ot

able

lcl

ers.

ck of earnin

at

during

laying the

wrt

to earn

In

justifical

this

basis

g p

de. c

rib

cd the pheno

y's

Lo

in

career,

obse

Lhe

histor

n e

but let
that
y of

business, instead

either

stands still

or

such recess ion takes

Lhe

lllanrweme

884,

Th

e effec ts of this

were

nd

sprea

the Company,

wh

rtook

nt m

en

d o

ay

one

our coun-

ut

in com-

es.·ion .

Lo

aggraYate

the Company had

in Lhe

tion rnnc

th

nt

for a

wilh

nny ret

ion.

owe

r, it

period the

for

future

manufactur

hiner

Frick

period

1

884

,

urn

however,

hould

Company

prosperity.

y.

This lin

Companv

of

the

Com

for its sLock-

for

be

mena

there

eve

goes

pla

do

of

finan-

ove

seYe

seYen

panv

state

us

ry

of

ce,

in

the

r a

t he

the

ral

e of

e

was

this

d

was

I

Seven
Seven

Years

Fat

Lean

and

s

hop
me
It

Geor

nt

read

ge

at

in

Fri

Rin

the ,

as

follows:

ck,

soon after

ggo

ld, inserted

illag

e R

r

eco

23

rd

1

starting

an

of

\\

aynesboro.

his

little

ach-ertise-

The

Frick

Line

of

Machinery

Fr

om nn old wood c

"I

am

order,
var
J1

ands

line

under

"I

kinds in

r

easonab
promptly
circula
dress

Co

This so
are
written

they
fr

om

on

ious

sizes

are all experienced

of

busin

warantee."

am

also prepared

a

le tern1s.

a ttend

rs desc

George

unt

y,

Pa."

unds like modern

the

words of

nearly

sound,

the

past.

Believing
publicity

tinued
ments
business
the

various

co

untry as

lhe sto

from

from

in

the local papers and later,

developed,

ry

of

ut

Hor.·epower, wi

now

short

showin g

fully

nolice

. I u

Fri

ck

th

Bell \\"h eel

prepared

, sLea

se

good mate

Corli~

s E ngine of 1000

to make to

rn

engines of

ria

workmen on this

ess. A

workmanlike

ripti

ed

ve

ll

my

to

Orders

to.

of

macl

1in

do repa

rnn,nner

solicite

For

particulars

machines,

es

iring of

Frick, \i\Taynesboro, Franklin

publicity.

seventy-five

as

in

truth they

in

the efficacy

the

year to

t r

ade

v,,ell.

'J'hese adve

the ex

George

very

year

they

:jou

rnals throughout

pan

s10

Frick
yea

rs ago

are,

like a vo ice

of

newspaper

Leginning

to

carry

were

to

rt isemen

n

or

the

advert

be

l.

l\tiy

are

sold

n.11

and

d a

0

nd

an

etc

.,

ad-

These

hirnself,

and

he con-

ise-

as

his

seen in

the

ts

tell

business

11

d

[ 24 J

from

in

engines

his

the

little two-horse

Quin

cj shop

built

in

pany employing

The Company

trade

features

tod:iy

detail

tl1e gene

It

:i
been app
in
indi

Lio

to tlie type

c

hin

name

It

shou

ld
of

were

s. of cour

ral characterist

is

a.comp

de:::iigner th

rop

tl1e same

vid

ual or any Cornp

n c

an

will1 t

es des i

gned

"Ec

be

the

designed

lime

at

ria

lin e.

of ice

:Ed0·ar Penney
n,Uernpt.

be

Lak

well

le

aders

In

on

accou

ever,

l

onge

b

ut

G2

fncluring

of

t

i3

nineteen

at

en

as evidence

as

F ri

ck

in

the

1

888

George :Frick

nt

with

r, in

yea

an

rs

business

years,

yea

illlilation

ir

of

the

advisory

of

from

rs

to

the

lar

more than

for

many

lip

se"

st:ited

here t

portable

by

se,

have

nt

to

George

some

tee!

of

hy other

,vith

rulhfuln

ess

and

over forty

Jor

F ri

ck & Company.

of

that

Com

pany had

field.

ill health,

Company

age, he h

conlinuou.

t he Lime

of

age unt

power eno-ine made

the

1000

ge plant

1000

yea

on a

ll its

::,

hor

sepo

of

the

Com

workmen.

rs

used

machiner).

hat a numb

engin

George

been

ics

are still

es

Frick.

chanr,.

as u

ed,

retained.

Frick's skill

Lhese

features

manufacturers

out

reflecting

nny.

the same allegn-

be

lll

ade

on

in rega

refrigerating

yea

rs

ago

The

the

Frick

Georg·e

line

Frick

ahYays been

resign

capac

ad

ed

J1is posit

cont

inuin

seve

i t·y . Al

been in

ly f

,rh

il

his

resignation.

g,

how-

ral

years

t-l1011

the rnanu­or a period
en

he was

wer

the

er

of

sed

Th

e

hut

as

have

anv

rd

ma-

by

se

may

as

ion

gh

-

George

aration

Frick

for

ortcn heard

Llien

tcrnpered

N[r.

do

Frick

it

disposition. Il

believ

any

work

to

sa.y

quickly."

was blessed

ed

in

thorough

to

be

don

"Re sure you

"·itlt

e n

ever

[

2:i]

prep-

e.

He

are

right

an eYP.11

sC'olded a

wa s

,

George
ldotto

F,·ick's

l\lr. Penney deigned the

Ori

l\

ginal

la e

hin

Linc of

es

Frick

Hcfrigc

ratin

g

Personal

Life

of

George Frick

workman

when
invariably told
ca

reful."
spoiled
man

bac

k n

kn

own

co

unt

Th

better be

l

anguage

And

, he

would· sometimes tell

to

go

home

ext day.

lo

sen

d a

of

some

e perso nal life

portrayed

of an

he m

ade

a

him, "You must

when

some

piece

and take a r

On

one

occas

cos

whole

tly

accident

of

George

gang

than

editorial

written

[ 26 ]

mistake.

be

of

work

the

est

and

ion

he

home

or mistake.

Frick

by

us

ing the

by

the

He

more

was

wo

rk-

come

was

on

ac-

cannot

late

N.

Bruce

stone

"l\1r.
nature,
of

heroic
have
and
pecially
and

headship

Martin

Gazette

Frick's

though

struggled

discouragements

upon

flourishing

1

" .

an.

d

"Nature

the

spark

the

flame

res

ult

of

work,

termination

sac

rifice.
faculties
ol'

his
pacity
of

the

were

career

for

highe

and

at

the

was a busy

gentle

mould.

up
new

of

one

industrial

had

endowed

of

inventive

that

lit

persistent

to

succeed,

In

this

sharpened

, his

grasping

st

order."

appearing

time

as

that

Otherwise

through

that

lines,

of

the

of his

all

to

largest

life

of a

he

the

beset

the

in

the

death:

and
child,
could

adversities

effort, es­parentage

and

establishments

genius,

his

George

pathway

Frick

but

after

was

application,

trial,

drudgery,

school of discipline

and

in

the

executive

complicated

ability

details

Key-

most

in

with

zenith

and

were

his

was

not

the

all,
the
de-

and

his
ca-

In

his

early experience

was

not

large,

very

busy

man.
pattern-maker,
co

untan
business
a

nother

lieving

After
Daniel
was
with
Some
Abraham

t,

himself

B.

his

him

years

first

treasurer

developed

of

these

1865

l\ikntzer

and

afterward

out
draughtsman
later
and
are
been
man

his

also

now

for

of

second

join

ed

officers

many years,

the

Board

Geor

He

machinist,

roles,

of

details.

he

secured

office

his

company

of

the

and

son

the

in

Frick

of

ge

was

when

Frick

his

his

was

own

business

really

designer

salesman,

and

manager.

he

dropped

thus

as

accountant.

employee

for

he

took

shop

to

the

become

one

gradually

services

lVlentzer

and

remained

many

his

oldest

designer. A few

Ezra

office force.

Directors

[

doffed

Company

the

27]

his

These

former

and

and

as

the

a

ac-

As

his

after

re-

of

years.

son

his

first

years

overalls

sons

have

Chair-

latter

George Frick,

~/.

B11sy

,

Man

n.

Pre

side

nt.

.:\noLher son
t he e
too

,·illc. H e m
clroYe
en ·tin
cl
nncl reLurn

ing
Fri

mploy

k t he OYe

It

is of interest to know

nin

g he

hnd

n o fo

of Lhe o

ra

11

ade all

to

Baltimore with

gs

mnde Ll1

ri,

·e

in

Lo

B:t!Limo r

with

m1.·

lah

ck

too

to

oriou ·

d iffic

underl

bu

ult

work required lte

foundry

It

ltorse

of a hundr

at

"·id

\\"il.h

pen

,York

after

the
rnund
ardu
amount

Lo his p

\\·

as

not

and

ride do\\·n

ed

ely loca

orders for

d

a.

day

nnd a few

]1is corres

acco

unt

s. Thu. h e

of

labor.

ous hut he

of

work.

unu

mil

Led

or

scc

mp

any

route tl

u:o

that

undry in his s

his

own

t hem , a

erc .

tl1

a ke.·

n,·i

lan

suaJ l'or

es

macl1inery.

so

_[>onclence

IL was his cus

e,

a d i

stance

e finish

inc

s.

hut

or b

urden. om e

Lat

er " ·hen his

er

ca ·Lin

t.

inlo

Yirgini

or m or

po

i n Ls

in

l1is plant

days

in his

ed

him

and

had

Iii

.· hours

111

ccl capable

:Fred

is

also in

. All his sons

ug h

the

shops

in

the

hop

at

llidge-

patterns

nd had

tom

of

G5

cnstings. Tlti

there

\\":1S n

for 1\:

gs,

h e

added

to mount

n, a distance

e,

v is

it

prospects

and

return

Then

dir

he

ect

ing

office loo

atte

nding to

one cont

were

o f

lo ng

doing

.

beg

in-

, then

the

Lo

miles,

ot

h-

[r.

lin

e of

!tis

home

\\"

Otdd

the

kin

inu

ous
and
any

s

a.

g

I

Best Class

JI

'/

orkme11

Frick

ShojJs

of

in

\ s i · Lhe

Fri

ck

\Y:1

(•u

111111u11icale

.·ke

tch

e.·

case "·it

s full

qui

ck!
Limes when in
li

e \\·o

uld show tlt

hy

drawing a des

]

11

I hi s

mann

li

e \\:ould kee

main

Laining

Jiis c

mplcw.

p in touc-h wiLh his m en,
pleasnn

of ideas.

<l

Lo

ot

:) clone

the

em some

ign

er

and

h natural geniu.

he rs

These

by

mea11

h e us

s or

with chalk. So

shop

with

his

mechanical

of

it

on

tl1e

workbe

in othe r

L rel:t I

[ 28 ]

ions

friendly

with

es, l\'[r

uall

rough

m e-

workmen,

id

ea

nch.

ways

alwn

j s

Llto

se

.

y

in

Geor0·e

eve

r.)

\\h

It

may not

f

eature

who
practi
when

were

ce
any

the use

su

pended

the b

est

Frick's

::,

ere

as

men of high

be out

in rega

rd

assoc

Lo e

mpl

of

his workm

of

in

Loxicating

or dismi.-scd.

famili es

became apprenti

Lh

ev

were throug:h will1 the

V

no

difficulty

wher

e,

if'

'fh

ere

50

men

Co

mpan

11

ecled wi
type
rema
Ii

ployer

of rn:

in with

fe

bespeaks

and
both sides .
reco rd of
evide
which
aged

nt

prevailed

Frick Compan

in

they

arc

desired

0

11

who were

y while

th

iL some for

111,

1ge

iL

co rdial rela Lions

ernplo:)

Few co111p:1ni

service an1

that

the same spirit

workm

of

Lo

hi s dealin,0·s

iat

ed

o.)

on

throughout

ces

at

~

sec

urin

Ll1

e pnyroll

George

111

en t t

duri1i

n·

b b

ee,

ong their

when

y's affairs.

en

were

moral

place

Lo

men

witl1 .him:

I.)

sobe

r m

en were

persistent

drinks, they

Young

the countr

hi· s11

g good

Lo

ir

mak

op,

trade

positions

e a c

today nea

working

Frick was still

ty

yea

rs ago.

11a

t leads men

their

wh

ole workinn·

between

and refl

es

ects

have

meu,

prevails

Geo

rge

Frick

kno,yn

standard.

t ion one

with tho

it

\\·as his

en,

and

" ere

men from

and

when

thev

Jwcl

v

else-

hange.

r!>

for

Frick

co11-

Th

em-

cred

it

on

such a

and

it .i

today

rnnn-

se

in

y

'

e

to

S

uch a man "as
Frick
at the
inventi
labor
a.chieve
of the

Co

mpan

be0·innin0' of

b b

on

of

brought

men ts

pioneers
" 'e Jive in a
of

the

world,

men

who

played

development.

Geo

rge

Frick,

y.

He

came upon

the

period

rnec.l1anical devices

in its

trail

all

the

we enjoy today. He

in

this

industrial

mechanical

and

we delight

such a

f 29 I

age,

great

the

in

founder

the

wh

to

scene

en

light

of

the

en

wonderful

was

one

evolution.

wond

er

age

honoring the

part

in ils

Georae Frick

~

the

Man

,

l\fr.

hi

.·
in Lurn a
and

1 !)0 t wa. el

pany.
lite 11oa

\111erican ,

in

fatl1er,

mec

In

18

1\fr.

1885

\.

0.

Fri

ck en tere
aL Lhe a
apprenLi

ge

ce,

hanical engineer.

!)G

he b

eca

me \ ice

ected Pr

·in ce 10

24

he h

rd.

Frick beca

'ociety

n.

nd has

me a member

of l\t[echa nical

the

member conLinuou sly

cl

Ll1e

of

fifL

forernnn,

-1:>r

e. iden L

as bee

distinction

for

43

(

30]

shops

en.

dral'tsmnn

e.-

id en t a

of

Fri

n Ch a

yea

r.·. t:>

und

He serv

nd

ck

Co

irm

a n

of

the

Engineers

of

beino· n,

er

ed

,

in

m-

of

1\1r.

Ezra

the .

Frick
Foreman
Genera

l Cle

He serv

Co

mpany from
t irne
Tr
dent,

being

easure

whi

1\1r.

r.

Frick
American
neers and
yea

r

1918.

Fri

ck

became

"\\ ork

of

ed

ch

s in

Erection.

rk

and

as

General lVfo.nager of Lhe

1897

both

In

1924

office

later

General

he

was a charte

Society

of

was made its

[

an apprenti

1875

,

lat

er

He

then

Purchasing

to

19

28,

paxt

}\{anager

he was el

ected

holds today.

r m

ember

Refrigerating

President

31

]

ce

in

becoming

became

Age

nt.

of

this
and

Pre

si-

of

the

Engi-

for

the

Tlic

Fir

s l

Prnclical

Hcfrigcraling

. ·yslem , builL

by

,Jacub P e

"\Tac

hi11c using

rkins i11

lite Co111prl'

18:l

~

ssion

(//l113

/rati

"le

n

II•

11

8

0

11

e u

1

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1,"

"

.

'°'Jt'

~II

11

1

r rtf}c

[

32]

courluy

rul,au")

o

,f

,,

A

Brief

History

Refrigeration

of

[

33]

A Brief History

of

Refrigeration

From

B.

1824

A.

330

C.

D.

to

The

ancient

Great,

with
leg
Four

snow

ions

hundred
invented
had

slaves

tains
The
was
posed

with
night

would
the

for

secret

known

shallow

water

winds;

be

astonishment
hearted
as a gift

story

Persia,

about

before

to

of

where

330

cool

they

B.

the

years later the

household

bring

his

to

down

luxurious banquets

of

makin

the

early

pans

and

placed

by

morning a thin

forn1ed.

when

he

receive

from. Salladin,

refrigera

we

t ion

find

C., using

wines

dispensed

advanced

ref'rigeraLion

snow

g i

ce

from

by

Egyptians,

of

porous

on

straw,

Sir \¥a

of

lter

Ilicbard

d a frozen

his

generous

begins

Alexander

trenches

to

into

battle.

Emperor

"hen

the

moun-

at

Rome.

evaporaLion

who ex-

clay,

to

the

film of ice

Scott

the

tells of

Lion-

sherbet

enemy,

in

the

filled

his

Nero

he

filled

dry

during

But

worthwhile

made,
freezing
was
years

gow,

covery

mechanical

frigerating

of
tank,

Dr.
taining
solute)
of

ments

l . . '

p 1 m·ic

the

long

and

action

recorded.

after

Scotland,

that

ice

by

with

Cullen

the
to

water,

by

acid

Crusades.

centuries

progress

it

was

of a mixture

One

this,

Dr.

made

ice

means.

machine

evaporating

the

aid

had

necessa1·y

reach

an_d

Sir

as

this

John

an

the

trouble

passed

in

refrigeration

not

until

of

hundred

William

the

could

I-Iis

and

Cullen

all

be

experimental

froze a small

water

of

an

air

pump.

great

difficulty

vacuurn

freezing

later

Leslie

in

1810

absorbing

[

34]

1607

important

produced

before

any

was

that

salt

and

the

ice

forty-eight

of Glas-

dis-

by

re-

quantity

in a vacuum

in

main-

(0.085

lb. ab-

temperature

led

to

experi-

.

agent

WI

'th
for

1-

SU

the

water
n1ore

vapor.

quickly

beyond

Vallance,
process
shallow
absorbed
combined
Egypt

with

the

of

by

which

trays

by

the

Leslie's

though

laboratory

France,

dry

of

water,

sulphuric

old

syste1n

the

latest

apparatus

his

work

stage.

took

out a patent

air

was

the

acid;

used

practice

1nade

never

In

drawn

moisture

thus

in

of

India

his

Vallance

went

1824

on

over

being

and

day.

ice

a

The

largely
sci

en

work

premature,

ti fie

principles
frigerating
understood.

gra.pl1s

by

retical

men

we

of

side

background

by

their

achieved

last

hundred

researches,

by

possible.

In

1597

experirnen
ing

of

the
sisting
used

In

nounced

varies

In
Prussia,
placing
could
the
he
water

About

of a sealed

as

the

1662

the

inversely

1709

established

zero

obtain,

temperature

1neasured

as

being

1761,

of

these

1nachines

In

the

shall

review

science, in

of

the

of

knowledge

refrigerating

years

Galilei

ts

which

first

accurate

tube

expansive

Robert

law

that

as

Gabriel

at

the

and

selecting

of

the

at

212°

Joseph

early

as

up

upon

work

designers

to

this

which

were

following

the

discoveries

developing

problen:1:

made

the

amazing

engineers

would

Galileo,

have

in

ctiln1inated

thermometer,

in

which

liquid.

Boyle,

the

its

pressure.
Daniel
his
lowest

thermometer

.

in

volume

Fahrenheit,

temperature

the

the

human

temperature

F.

Black, a student

time

modern

not

brief

para­made

the

,vithout

available

progress

in

been

Italy,

in

began

the

alcohol

Ireland,

of a

sea.le,

figure 96

body.

of

Later

boiling

was

the

re-

fully

theo-

the

the

im-

ma.k-

con-

was

an­gas

in

he

for

of

Fundamental

JV'ork

Scientists

Done

by

[

35]

Dr.

\\Tn1.

Cullen,

discovered

the

lat

th

Ammonia

Carbon

Dioxide are

Discovered

,ind

of ice
roughly

Beginning

England,

and

the

later

latent

in

discovered

carbon-dioxide

Bet,,een
Lavoisier,
chen1istry
tion

of

in1portant

dioxide, and

In

1808

1772

in

I

◄

ranee,

by

correctly

giving

Joseph

France, worked

was

an

eventually

absolute

zero

succeeded

heat

1773

of

steain.

Joseph

a1nn1onia, oxygen, and

gases.

and

1794

\ntoineLaurent

fathered

explaining

cheinicals, such

nan1es to

Louis

out

liquefied ,

the

law

and

of

te1nperalure

. c en
in

n1easunn

Priestley, in

the

science

the

fonna-

as carbon

the

elements.

Gay-Lussac,

by

,, hich air

the

presence

was made

~at

g

of

of

of

certain.

In

1824

the

ideal

versible
principles
pansion

In
succeeded
dioxide

In

solidify

In

States,
1/.ero

withdrawing

In

estal

•

c.

:>

mutua

772½

l

British

] ·

· n

?ern1a.ny,

forth

(Carnot)

process,

and

1829

by

1835

carbon

1839

reached

F •

by

1_843 J

I h d l l '

Is

. e t 1 e

I

ly

foot

1847

the

Sa.di

Carnot,

outlining

of

isothennal

con1pression.

l\llichael

in

liquefying

111eans

of

Tbilorier,

dioxide

J.

I(.

l\liitchell,

a

ternpe.rature

111

ixing

the

a1nes

vapors

Prescott

aw

convertible

pound

thennal

ts

c.

I-Ierrnann

read

Conser·vat·

his

c

in

heat

1111 · .

cycle in a closed

Faraday,

a1nn1onia

pressure.

in

France,

.

ether

that

c.

, f

se

·to ·work

\T

·.

fa1nous

10

11

0

[

36]

France,

clearly

and

,vith

Joule

l t d

1

tt·

on

.e E

t

adiabatic

of

and

was

in

the

of

with

an

of

ea

an

1ng a

as

l-Ielmholtz, of

paper

◄

nergy.

developed

re-

the

great

ex-

England,

carbon

able

to

United

146

snow
air

pump.

E

O'l

no

work

below

and

. d

an

are

<

value
equal

settin<1

,

of

to

0

In

1850

lludolph

Julius

Emanu

el

Clau­sius,
n1ade
the
ent

together

of

kinetic

rop

y .

In

1851

Gennan

ther111odyna1nics a science ,

the
perimenters
ot

her

versibl e

in1port

cyc
nm.chine to
lo

,v

ten1perature.

Tn

]

868

fo

il owing the

di

scove

nhove

liqu

nection

red t he crit ical te111perature of gases,

which

efied, r

Johann

y,

began

theory

Lord

res

,

and show

an t

le, wo

n1ake

of

Kelvin,

ults

obtained

prin

rk

1nu

up

gases

of

ed~

ciples,

st

be

for the

Thomas Andrews,

ega

work

te

rdl

of

Thon1pson

mperature

ess of

Nat

pressure.

ter

er,

the

work

founding

and

the

idea

England, put

by

earlier
an1ong n1any
that
applied

heat

they

of \

in a

to

lost

of

Ireland

and

others,

cannot

In

this

ienna, sub-

which

of

ex-

re-

the

at

a

be

con-

,

jected air
pounds to
chan

ge

in its

The process
of it now,
co

n1press
closed

I-Jagen,

the dist

ing

cyc

who use

illat
perature.
An1erican

sion n1ac
new

four

so

principal

r,

eondenser, expansion

hine that

systen1.

to

pressur

the

square

condition.

of refrigerat

by

eva

and

le,

was proposed

d a

ion

of inclia

The sa

enginee

Perkins'

par

es

of nea

inch,

with

ion

porating

condensing

volat

a

the

ile oil

rubber

111e year Jacob

r,

built

actually

ts

of the

the

desi

first

worked

gn

plant

valve

rly

as

60,000

out

any

we think

liquid, then

gas

in

1834

produced
at

high

in a

by

by

tern-

Perkins, an

con1pres-

on

t he

included

-cor
and

the

npres-

evapo-

Th

1/

Compression

,./

st

Sy

em is

Invented

r

ato

r-

that

sion

instaJlation.
wit h ether.
p

ate

nt

in

n1entary

"can

are still used in

llis

n1achine

Although

En

gla

nd

ice"

Perkins

and

systen1, ·with a

[

37]

every

was

de

signed a

co1npres-

charged

took

out

rudi

brine

a

-

tank and

box

es

to

hold

the

water, he

did

not

achieve

any

commercial

device.

Prof.
began
refrig e
out

working

rant

a p

ate

A.

C.

Twining

in

1848, and

nt

in

not patented in

which

John

being
America:

in lVI
August

act

which
effect.
1nake

up

several

1600

accounts

Gorrie

the

fir

of

st

Dr.

ay,

1851, the letters

22,

18.50.

Twining's

ing

pump,

combined a vacuun1 and

One of his

2000

in

Cleveland

handicaps

pounds

machine

lbs.

of

of

New I-Ia,

with

sulphuric

two

England.

the

United

for

the

honor

Apalachicola,

to

patent

an ice

Corrie's pate

patent

comprised

S½

in.

dia.

machin

of

ice

per

in

1855,

, is

ice

per

said

day.

success

yea

rs

1-Iis

machine

States

paid
Florida,

nt

was

to

by

16

compression

es, des

24

hours,

and

to

have

with

en,

Conn.,

ether

later

until

as
took

1853,

to

machine

granted

run

from

a

doubl

in.

stroke,

igned

was

in

spite

frozen

his

a

was

Dr.

for

in

e-

to

set

of

Dr.John

Gorrie's

Air

i\1cichine

Cold

The

1nemoratecl

in

the

the

a

relieve
others,

machine
dia~eter,_
cy

took

. l l . . .

J

e:1~ove~

C)

· · · n

mto

where

genius

of

by

a n1onun1en-t e

State

I-Iall

physician,

of

of

Fam.e

the

sufferings

Florida

the

caused

included a cylinder 8 or 9 inches

for

con1pressing

lmder

lmde1'

in

place.

a

receiv

it

was

which

The

)Y IllJectn~g

and

the

er

further

Dr.

the

Southern

rected

has

in

Washington,

Doctor

by

high

the

he

at

an·

surround

coole

r

Corrie

at

Apalachicola

placed

,vas

of

fever

temperature.

air,

expansion

of

compression

water

was

the

d b

el

c

an

38

1

has

Ice

with a smaller

dy

been

Exchange

his

statue

D.

C.

anxious

patients

of

the

into

the

d

con

hco~d -water

t e lllJect·

com-

and

in

As

to

and

His

in

air

r

"as

first

ucted

ion

water

panded

low

the

the

cylinder

which

rnaking

large
original
when

allowed

in

temperature.

salt

wat

expansion

was

was

tank.

machine

unit

demonstrated

chicola.

The

proved

Jam
out

early

and

es

Ilarrison

a

sulphuric

I-Iarrjson's

valves

units

in
in
made
erating

on

of

1.859.

which

the

machinery

this

to

the

second

er

to
cylinder,

surrounded

built

Dr.

is

said

Perkins

put

later

each end

type

As

early

fish

were

world's

settle.

It

cylinder,

Some

be

cooled

authors

was

while

by a brine

into

the

bottom

Gorrie

could

to
in

be

have
a

hotel

apparatus

to

practical

of

Australja,

eLhcr

machine

compressor

of

the

were

as

placed

1855

frozen,

first

.installation of refrig-

in a bre\\;ery.

was

creating

state

injected

others

of

died

built,

produced

at

use

who

had

cylinder.

in

operation

he

produced

and

in

then

that

say

jacket,

the

before

but

Apala-

was

by

brought

in

1856.

t\\

o slide

Two

1860

ex-

a

into

the

iie-

1is
ice

im-

Dr.

ice

he

Harrison's

to

a Lternpt

to

England

the

meat

The

ice

the

jn

being

melted

three-fourths

to

be

thrown

"Strathleven,"

Ilell-Colcnrnn

air

system,
from
load

Australia

of
"Dunedin"
frmn

New

frozen

made

frozen

wjth

Zealand

sheep.

success

in

shipment

the

sailing

cooled

when

completed

overboard.

a

vessel

machine,

the

first

to

London,

meat.

similar

bearing a cargo

All

went

[

39]

ice-making

of a

cargo

with

the

and

vessel

voyage

"Norfolk,"

his

artificial ice.

the

In

equipped

working

on

successful

with a moderate

Two

years

machinery

well

until

led
of

meat

was

meat

1879

with

the

passage

later

set

of

she

him

only

ha.cl

the

a

cold

the

out

5000

was

Development
of

the

Frozen

i\tf

eat

T1·ade

The

Carre

Absorption

System

becalmed in the

ture

in

the

risen beyo

aptain

crawled

nd Lhe

,vhi

into

tropic·

rel'rige

tson ,

the

Lhe accumulation
hcrnically sav
so overcome
dragO'ed

The

brolhers

Carre will
originalors of

as its

pracli

Edmund

chine

to such

fiftie · it was

the

ca fes of
Ferdinand
chin e which
but

was
absorption
gradually

ventors, among
l\1ignon
LiLtrnann

in

England,

Lralia.

These

valuable

ing

with

out

by

forever

the

ca l

brought

being
Paris,

put

operated

the

fore-runn

plant.

improved

and

Rouart

in

Germany,

and

last

work

the hee

perf

on

whom s

in

ship s.

, when

ra

ted

holds

danger

at

the

main

his

air

of

cargo,

cold

snow.

that

ls

Edmund

be

reme

absorption

applicalion

the

\\

ould

point

ri

·k

of

trunk

with

the

he

and

mb

.-y

Lo clear

,,

hile

Capta

had

a rope.

Ferdinand

ered

tern,

is conce rned.

tempera-

had

his life,

the \ allance , acuum

ect

ion thaL in

used for

and

the

mark
only

er

The

makin

a f

ew

et

intermittentl

of

eq

upon

hould

in

France, , ass

Reece

lVIorL

two

and

Nicolle

engineers

applying refrige

the

g ices in

yea.

a crncle

the

ammonia

uipment

by

other

he

mentioned

and

did

ration

have

not

out

thus

in

was

to

be

as

the

so

far

ma-

earl)

rs

later

ma-

y,

was

in-

and

Stanley

in

Aus-

highly

to

The

First

Clem· Ice

Li

The

fir

st Carre machine to reach America
was smuggled
Lo

Augusta,

Lhr

ce others s

to

he failures,

moved

Georgia, in 18G3.

to Sa,n

much effort

operate

properly.

past

hipp

and

the

ed

but

An

Lonio,

many

blockade

to

New

one

of

changes,

Among

[

40]

and

This

Orleans

them

Texas,

was

other

brought

unit

proved

was

and

made

things,

and

later
after

to

a

steam
the
to its
the
t hough t his
ice
icall

machin
G re
10
ueing

100-lb.

o

paque and poro

coil was

water

for ice

objectionable

distilled

had

had never befor

y.

In

1868 a battery

es was in ·tail ed

Lna

, La.

by

30 inc.lies, fiv e pieces of i

pu

blo

Th

t one

ck.

Lhat on t he
chemi
boiled
wat
stea

brought
cl
Kirk's impr
pra

yielded

A
mad

st

of

New

to

drive off

er was

later replaced by

m.

In

18Gl

Dr.

out

osed

cycle somewhat

ove

ctical success,

four

pound

numb

er

of commer

e, among

added

to

Lhe

-making
lime

content.

water produc

noL been e

e been

of

six

al a large plant

e i

ce

cans

above

Obj

us

ad

vice of

another, to

ect

ions we

quality

Orleans,

the

air

Alexander

a cold a

ir

similar

ments

made the

as

it

s of i

ce

per

cial in

them

one

at

generator,

was

distilled

Of cour

ed

clear

xpe

cte

d,

made

mechan-

ten-ton

measur

ed

ce

of t his size

re

raised

of the ice, so

Dr.

Albrecht,

the

water was

and

gases.

condensed

Kirk

machine

of

England

using

to

Gorrie'

machine

is

said

to

pound

sta

lla

tions

Hong

Kong

and

due

as

such

Carre

2½

form

to

Hot

ha

of

coal.
were
.

se,

ice,

in

by

a

the

a

a

s.

a

ve

In

phia,

1867,Prof.

patent

Van

ed a
ploying a mixture
he

had

discovered

D .

L.

Holden

Van

der \i'\iey

mad

e ice successfully ,

ton,

Galveston, lV[obile,

and

other

'70

Holden

system

of

bought

de,

Southern

pa

ten

ice-making,

dervVeyde,ofPhilaclel­compression
of

petrol e

and

named "chimogene."

the

and

erec

ted

at

New

Selma,

cities.

tecl his

in

system

um

gases

patent

plants

Orleans,

In

own

which

rights

Charleston

1869

"regealecl"

the

r ,n l

em-

which

of

which

Hous-

and

ice is

Van

Der

W"

eyde

Holden

a11d

Cold

Air

Machines

scraped
these being

Brewerv
began with
pression
New

from a revolving

compressed

refrio-erntion in

~

the

machine

Orleans,

was supposed

to

replace ice in
beer.
ether
signed,

Ammonia

for which the

and

the

factory.

At

this

time
promise
wonderful
hausen,
Hall,
the
system
Llown
:

Many

the

work

Nehrick,

Lightfoot,

cold

air

was di

right

sign

ifi
especially on
played a l

frigera
way to
latter

arge

Lion

industry,

the

vapor

proved

efficient.

b

installation

in the

about

to

supply

the

was

Old

1SG9.

making

used

machinery

installation

cold

air

machines

greatest

was

usefulness,

done

Giffard , Bell

and

Haslam

type

of plant.

scarded, and

into

cant

the

space

installations

shipboard.

part

in establishing

but

compression

to

be

about

into

drum

blocks.

in flakes,

th

is

of a Tellier

Canal Brewery,

The

equipment

cool,

of

dry

ale

and lager

in place

had

proved

seemed

and

by

Postle

and

Coleman,

, in

perfecting

The

the cold

to

be

were

Cold

they

air

machines

finally

system,

six

times

countrv

com

air, and

of

the

been

de-

unsatis-

to

some

, vVind-

indirect

air

was

cooled .

made,

the

re-

gave

as

the

more

.;

-

Activity

Seventies

in the

In

the

seventies
activity
the

had
Coppet

in

developing

needs of

begun

added

the

to

chine; Ranlcin

ferent

patents,
breweries, cold
plants,

packing

for freezing fish

there

various

employ

the

absorber

took

applying

storages,

houses,

on

shipboard;

(

42]

was alm

machinery

industries

refrigeration.

to

out

twenty-four

refrigeration

railway

skating

ost

feverish

to

Carre's

cars,

rinks,

Beath

meet

which

De

ma-

dif-

to

ice
and
and

l\1artin

recognized

operation:

compression

land,
chines.
Ice

£00

earliest
cooling

man

brought

David
lvlachine
successful

brine

air.

of

his

compression

changed
machines

1rnncls

were
Iron ,,vorks
which

the

line

Linde

system;

out

Boyle

Company,

plants,
spray

Boyle

time

to

system.

several

built

at

Philadelphia

was

the

merits

perfected

and

his

sulphur-dioxide

the

Pictet,

established

and

installed

one

of

these

system

did

more

promote

The

times;

by

ever

than

the

business

the

the

Pennsylvania

in

discontinued.

of

flooded

ammonia

in

Switzer-

the

Boyle

using

tried

any

other

ammonia

he

started

last

Boyle

1907,

ma-

over

the

for

after

In

addition

a

numb

er

tention.

sought

rating

to

the

wheel: the

passed
gas
Cook
an 8 ft.
water

a

hea

Cook

to

being

built a wheel

face,

as

it

vy

layer

wheel
operated
Brewery
practical

coming

into

Attempts
allowing
vertical
ty

pe

the

were

ammonia

was

lviississippi

gradually

to

all

of-

freak

Thomas

increase

ammonia
liquid
the

drawn

entered

periphery

out

which

turned,

of

ice

was

as

an

air

in

Philadelphia.

difficulties

extended

were

water

erected

also

to

at

River.

built

these

rational

inventions

Cook,

heat

transfer

in a large

at

of

at

the

opposite

~4

feet

dipped

in

this

way

on

its

surface.

made

of

cooler

Needless

kept

these
use.
made

run

clown a

pipes.

l\!

lemphis,

Thick

up

on

[

43]

advances

attract

of

New

by

revolving

one

trunion

the

wheel,

trunion.

in

diameter

into a bath

accumulating

Another

pipe,

in

and

the

wheels

to

freeze ice

system

A

plant

Tenn.,

layers

the

pipes,

ed

at-

York,

evapo-

and

the

,vith

was

Betz

to

say,

from

by

of

this

near

of

ice

until

of

of

,

·

Radical

Designs

in

the

Th

en

came

ils

banks,
water,
mu ch of

strea

m.

spring

the

and

lifted

the

the

hou

se
floods:
the

the

whole

the

ice,

machinery,

was nea

river

being lig

building,

and

flo,ttecl clown

rly filled.

overflowed

hter

than

including

Natural

Ice E:\1)orts of n

as 1805, when

load

to

the \i\

against
tended
a

lar

Ily

repulation
such

Calcutta,
"Ice

marked

natural
shipped
countries.
winter
natural
to

The

scientific

yellow

to Cuba, and

ge ice

1833

storage

and

, hi s vessels regularly

faraway

and

King

of

the

ice,

no

from

In

resu I

Led

ice,

and

the efforts of t

foregoing

and
chines described
acter,

Lhis
efforts
of

and

are

study

that

with

have res

refrigeration

at

ural ice

Frederick

est

Indies

had

Tudor sent

to help

fever. His

in

l

820

hou

se

in

'34

, he

had

ports

Tudor

the

a.pex of

less

the

as

,,orld.

than

Northern

1890

in

a serious

Rio

became

"

the

225,000

the

remarkabl

added a welcome

he

machine

notes

refer

experimental

were elementary

no

lon

ger

built.

a review

ult

ed in

today.

begun

as

a s

in

the

business

was

be constrn

New

built

Orleans.

up

a g

makin

de

Janiero

known

The yea

as the

r

export trade

tons

being

states

to

foreign
y

shortage

stimulus

builders.

to

work

natur

e:

the

in

char-

\i\'e conclude

of

the pract

the

general

ear

ly

hip-

fight

ex-

cte

reat

and

1872

in

mild

of

of a

ma-

ical

use

d

g

_

Arctic

In

l

876

lVI.e

rchant

later

became
Company.
plate
built

ice

system,

in

Nevada:

F.

M.

founded

the

Their

one

this

lVIclVI

the

firm

Arctic

early

of

was

[

44]

illan

which

Ice

lVIanufacturing

success

the

first

designed

and

two

was

plants

to

Silas

years

with

being
make

a

sheets
and
produced.
vented shortl

'mith.

Frick

years a great

tions,
Limes,

of

ice

40

feet

The plate

His patents

Company,

some

of

were

12

inches

long-the

y

before

number

them

constructed on

thick,

largest

system had

by

were

and

in

of

in

operation

excellent

12

feet

plates

been

Capt.

purchased

the

succeeding

installa-

until

this

principle.

high

ever

in-

David

by

recent

,

A modified

in

]878
Ball,
co

mpr

Ball, so n of
ducted
Cold
i L

became

In

1\1.

~'fixer

oil

injecti

cy

lind er.
the
La \ ergne
the

brewing
pressor
than
built,

at

and

ession

it

1Vfachine

1879

Hermann

is

a

thousand

and

Carre

S11erman,

the same

machine

the

founder

under

the

John

developed

on

The

being

busin

now

they

the

Company,

Da

ll

C.

to

eliminate

first

Brew

ess.

considered

gave

machine

Texas,

year

he

at

Dallas.

of

the

name

until

Ice ~'fachine

De

La

Vergne

their

compressor,

clearance

machine

ery,

in

New

then

interested

The

oil

obsolete,

of

these

good service.

was

installed

by

Charles

erected

business, con-

of

was

injection

machines

P.

the

19~0,

Compa

and

set

York,

chiefly

but

his

D.

Ice

when

using

in

up

com­more

T.

fir::st

C.

and

ny.

" '

n1.

the

in

De

in

were

B~tll

De

La

Vergne

The

Fred

ing

horizontal

Chicago,

Linde
years
which
license
the
of

wet

the

in

the

century

'i\

'.

V\i

ammonia

in

1881:

Germany

" 'olf
often
from

compression

Company

ran

Linde:

the

olf

Company

t

he

were

into

these

system.

\Volf

[

45]

compressors

designs

used. For

built

huge

units

Company

began

patented

its

machine

sizes,

worked

By

the

was

build-

in

by

many

s,

und

er

on
end
one

JJ:7olf

of

the

most
manufacturer
Th

e business was disc

the

action of l\1r.

prominent

s of refrigera

,,

olf's

among

Ling equipment.

ontinued

widow.

in

American

1915

by

Vilter

Yo,·k

About

modeled

mark

The

first

City Brewer

Theodor

facluring

Th

Pa

., began
in 1885· for
the

\"',

working wilh
they

had
a reorganization
:

Manufac

vision

felter, a

responsible for
its

early days: lVIr.

inv

est

his

death
machines were
veloped
Clair, who
pound
E.

Vv.

Frick
tion.

1882

after

et

by

th e firm of \'\ eisel

compressor

y,

l\1ilwaukee. :

e \

ill

er

Company.

e firm of

i. J . Ferguson

and

great

compressor.

Gardner

Company

Loucks

building

George

Frick

produced

turin g

:financial resources

paper

sums

in

1907.

by

Lock,

introduced

a

double-acting

Linde

organized

Company was

manufaclur
the

built

to

's

was put

went

and

ammonia

R.

Jarman

who prev

Company.

seve

n machine·.

took

and

pla

ce,

life

of

Glatfelt

in

the enterprise

Previous

chiefly

of

Australia,

the

In

1897

Thomas

join

the

into

Five years

the\

vVheeler,

er

the

er continued

A.

York

and \ ilt

the

ilt

co

mpr

, a

partn

iou ly

and

formed.

of

P . I-I. G

of

York,

Company

to

1897

on

patents

vertical

13.

Shipley

machine

on

the

er.

Cream

later

er 1V[a11u-

of

York
esso rs

er

of

had

been

By

1888

In

1891

the

York

The

lat-

was

in

to

up

until

York

de-

and

Strickler,

organiza-

St.

com-

left

,

.....

.

[

46)

A

Picture

Story

of

the

Development

Refrigerating

of ·Frick

Equipment

/

[

47]

The Fir

:i

ll

to :i5 r.p.

sl Cornplclc

111.

. d

evelop

Frif'k

ing

Rcfri

gerali11g i\lnl'lri11e, b

'2:; to11s refri

gcrntio

11ill i11

11 fr1111

1 lc.,s

188'.J

ll1a11

.

a to

Ope

rat

rr

of coal

ed

al

Period

\\ e are

mo

st
makin
sk

etc

hes r

cy

linder constru

of

Baltimore, :Mcl.-this

work in refri

In
which
aho,

e, was

:--

::,...~!!

I I' · ,

.,

f'ortunale

of

the early types

g eq

uipment.

emai

n to give us a

cted

gerat

1883

the

l\fr.

compl

A.

constructed.

__

..,.._-

in having

Howe,·cr

in 1

ing mac

0.

ete

stea

1882-1890

acl

of

1'

ri

ck co

, neiLher

picture of

881-'

Fri

SZ

being

hin

ery.

ck m
m-driv
The

success

for l\1r. \V.
Frick

ade

en

ual

photographs

mpr

esso

rs

drawings

the

J.

Co

lllpa11

Lhe

drawings

machine

of

, illu

Lhis compressor

of

and ice

nor

ammonia

Ferguson

y's

first

from

strated

-

Early Compressor

llnl

lin1orc,

M<l., s inl'c 1886

~

....

,.,

in scn·i

cc

al

[

48]

Maclrirre installed
town

(Md

.) I

ce Co.

in

1887 nl H

Still

in

operation

agers

-

Th

e Pirtle Plants "'ere the first to use

f111ly prod11

bro
cid ed
yea

Progre
eigh t
20 in. by

and

interes

A

rmour

The li

1\1:=

rny

or

mor

cc C lc:11

ugh t in

to deve

r 188G

ss

wa s

more co

36

dri

ven

ting Lo

and Comp

fe

of

them were

e, and

~

r

i

~l

-:~ c -~ I

• • I

· It:•: Vic

so

ma ny

lop a line of refrigeratin

saw four

rapid

mp r

in.

and

esso

machine rated

by horizo

not

e th

any

of t h

ese early machin

one of the gro

'

-i::-r;:;;,1

':: '

Ra\\'

,rater,

und

er ,

\ir

"'

, ho

inquiri

\\', IOU-to

es th

11 Plate

at

,\ gilalion, to succc,;,;-

Plant

in ~ e

the

Company

g e

quipment:

of the new machi11es in

by

Lhe e

nd

of

the following

rs

had been shipp

at

150

ntal .Frick

Corliss engine.

at this machin

ed, inc

to

ns refrigera

e wa s

.

es

was

in

operation

up

for

peri

ods

built in 1886 is still in use .

. ,,·

L ,

'

I

"' Orlc

operat

built

rema

of

an

·, 188S

de­the

ion.

yea

ludin

g a
tion
It

for

rkabl

30 year

r

,

is

e.

s

150-ton Co,np

opernlcd by

ressor

:\r

mour for

built

-W

in "87;

years

[

49]

Sho

wing
cans

inethocl

in

an Ice

of filling

Plant

and

of t he

handlin

·so

·s

g

Proba l,ly llic

fi

rsl Grc,

11p

Thirlecn cans \\'Crc l

Lifl

l'lanl

in Americ

i:111dlcd a L a I

a.

in., L

all

cd al S

i111

L.

Lo

uis

in 1

c

8!17.

Period

Fri

<.:k Company

mendous oppor

by the e

ma chines

1'h

ese

ncl

of Lhis period deve

i11 capa

impro
steam, belt, or
machines had
gea ring.) :Many refinemen
design of Lhe variou
with e

ith

er one or

was one

tuni

ties a wai Lin g

cities

ved

machin

direct-conn

been

driven from

s sizes: single-column mac

lwo cylinder

from

1890-1900

of Lhc

lwo Lons

es were

ecte

ts

had bee

fi

rsl lo sen

rdri0·crn Lion, a

loped a compl

arranged

d el

ect

ric dri

clecLric

n in Lroduced

s,

were now

up.

motors

se Lhe

nd

ete

line

Lo use

ve. (Ear

through

in the
hin

offered,

tre-

had

of

lier

es,

and

Tlia\\'ing am!

llie Hrsl G

Dumping

roup

Lifl

Equi

l'laul

pmcn

, 1897

l al 20-

[

50]

lon

\lachin

in

1Jcxicu

c al

work

City,

in nn Ice Pln

nbo

ul !Slll

nl

Gigant ic Machine ins lallcd a l Ka n
Cy

linders

27

in . dinnt clcr 1

,y

-rn in .

in lhc "'orld . Still in

ns Cil

y, Mo., for Arm o

slrokc--thcn the

operation

lnr

gcst

ur

and Co., in IS

:\mm

onirt Compr

!JG.

essor

compo

larger

Louis T
pl
cu.

und conde11
unit

In

189,t F rjck

ee & Co

ate ice

-making sys

ft.

of cold

s.

Company furni shed for the East

ld St

sto

rnge sp
two vert ical machin
20 in. by
a t

hird

va

rious a uxiliaries,

Thi

for an ice-makin

3G

in. , with co mpound cond

engine of the same ty})e to s

s wo

rk repr

esented th

g or refrigera

sing engines were e

orage Compan

tem, the

y a compl ete 1'25-ton

plant

also ha

ace. This inst

es, one 17 ju.

by

36 in. a

ensing engines; also

upply po

thr

ough a lar

ge jack-s

e largest s

tin g pla nt

mpl

oyed on the

vin

g 300,000

allation inc

nd the other

wer

haf

t.

um

eve

r inve

up

Lo tha t time.

St.

luded

for the

ste

d

:\

T\\'o-ton l\fat ltinc or the

7 f

eet

high n

nd

weighin g ·1!.1

Ope

n T ype, First

00 po

und

s E l

[ 51 J

l\laC'hine

ect

ric l\Jo

wilh Dirett-counCC"

lor. Buill early

led

in 1900

Typica l

Larg

e Distille

I\o

d-,rnl

cr Sysl!'m inslallccl f

tc Air Hoisl,

Wal

er

Forccuulcr

ur the

and

!'il

Fill

l ·

burg

ers

h (l'n.)

Ice

Co.

Period

Il

y thi s

greatly incrcnsed,

ing methods were
syste

m was , h

stat

ion elec

plants

In conn
conden sing engines, a spec ial
s

ometim

distilled

T,

~~

:;

l' .

~

"1

.

•

using el

es ins
waler

I

_:_

' '

Lime

t he

oweve

tric pow

ectric

ection

lalled:
for

publi

and

with elec

each pound

1900-1910

c de

irnpr

overnenls

numerous.
r, in general u
er was being
driv

e were beginning lo app

tric p

t his

produced

mand

The

owe

evaporat

of

steam

for

a.rtifi ciaJ i

in ice

se,
prom

r, or with

seve

manufoctur-

di

still

tho

oted and

in g

ral

supplied.

Ii;::

~ .~ " !

ce

ltnd

ed

wal

ugh

central

ear

compo

system wa

pounds

/

~

und

Stro

/

/,

.-.

!

·J

er

ice

.

s

of

ng

✓

Early :ind lat

in

an

er Open

'

Apple Storage, Wincl,cster, Va.

Type l\lad

1i11

cs

[ 52 J

Ge

neral Cold

Fruslcd Coils

Stora

ge Hoom with
overhead

On

e or the firsl

Office

Build

ings,

Coo

ling

l>cparlm

Plnnls £or a Drinking

enl S

tor

es

nnd

:'llills now re

Wal

er

Sys

lC'm llotcls llo~pitnls,

quire

cold

Drinking

\\"aler

efforts

redu

were

ce

Lhe co11sumpli

being-devotee! to re6nements

l\1any husi nesses, ou tsicl

re

l'ri

gerrrting concern s, such

packing

in

sta
hotels
l\'Cac
Spa
numb
co

mbin

a

round

planls,

ll their

and resta

hin

es

in , Sou

er

of

ed

t he globe.

breweries

own

sma

uranLs

were

th

also

\frica,

being

plants, and earlier users

to carry Lhe reputa

on o

l'

e of

and

ll

rel'ri

were leade

shipped

India,

coa l

and

the

cost

the ice plants n ncl

as

cold s

lor

age

the like, no\\·

gernt

ing

plants.

rs in thi

to

dis

lant cou11Lri

and Japan each

on other

Lion

of

Frick

Refrigeration

that

would

of ice.

In rge

warehouses,

began

The

111

0,·em

Lo

lnrger

ent.

es;

acquired

a

continents

Lale Desi

with

gn

or

Open-type

Cross-compound

Compressor

Engine

,

[

53]

ln

~lnllati

wilh "leam

on

in

Cubn using

Engine

in

waler

resern·. !SU

power

.

I

I I

• ' ~ii'Wl11~'?:T~,

I

Typ

e of brgc ]lor

Cylinders dirccL-connccLcd lo Cross-cornpo

\.t the beginning of

lhaL

cleclri c

makin

th e

cr in mosL

arduou

effici ent

Th

e earl y

air

and

la.Lcr

ndd

step wns the plncin g

Ll1e air pressure being

izo

nlal Compr

Period

drive would super.

pln

ces

s d

evelopment work

raw-wal

a cenl ral

ed

Fri

for

er ic

e-makin

ck

raw-water

drop

coolin g

of

, a

:,:.:~6~:',

-i

~.

es or huilL in tlai~ period .

1111

cl 'urli ·s

1910-1915

lhi

. period

nd

Fri

g sy.-Lem

pip

e in the c

and dry ing Lhc

t he

tub

e in the corn

r:1 i.-

ed

su

iL bec

cde s len m po wer

ck Cornpnn~r th

whi

ch has result

it

plant

· used lo
an:

ffi

cicn Lly l o

_ •

.;;Jw-~

.

ta~\

~·

Dupl

ex

Ammonia

E11

ginc

:1n1c apparent

for ice-

en begnn

ed

in lhe

produ

ces

today.

w-pr

essure
apparatus wa
nir

.

..A

furlh

er of the c

for

ce a pa

:,

..

s

er

an,

s-

llu"ri

r.o,!tal !\f:w

g

ra\'111

g aml

lii_11c_:il

l'r111L111

g,

B11r('a11

\\'ashi

nf l•:

11.

L:ir

n;.:l

on l>cin;.: crc<.:tc

g" \"l·rti,·:il Oprn-

[

54]

d in

the

Lyp

c l\l:

Fri

ck Sliups

11:lain

c.,

Ba llcry uf i\lacl,inc · inslnllcd

. ngc

Ll1

rough Lhe ice

l\[ecl

i,,rn-pr

u ·e

el

up

described

IL

was

ma

chin

frequen t

t he u e

thi s type, sin

essure

to

the year

on p

age

in ·101 l th

es

t he horizo ntal double-actin g co

cases

of a ve

the Jack of headr

rti

ce

al

lee

nnd Cold

as

Syste

J

58, came in

at

Lhe Compan

c::il mac

it prov
cy linder size. T he re
sm

oot

h, efficient

by

t he Frick horizontal mac

operation have

World's Largest Fish Freezer

Storage

it froze.

Co., Doslon

Thi

s d

m, wlficl1 was \

92~~-24,

when the F-P

to

t he field.

y added

-Com

eveloped in

'C

l'

)' gen

to its line

mpr

hin

oom made

e a

nd

so me buyers p refe r

imp

ides large r capacity for

quir

ements of reliabili

hin

been ad

e.

mira

monweal

to

erally

Sys

essor.

ossibl e

a given

ty and

bly m

th

t he

tem,

of

In

et

H

C'd

cl,il! room in

Hd ,·igc-rall'd

:, lnrgc Pneking H ouse. l\Jnehin e.

fro,11

nn :rlica

d

Syslc111, furni~liL·d lo

[

55]

Tee

Tank

and

,Yater Cooliug

th

e

Gu\·c-

mmc11l

:\larinc-typ

e Carbo

n-dioxide Compressor wilh Tandc111

Built fo r Lhe

Go,·crnmcnl

durin

-compo

g tl, c W

ar

11n

d S tc

:im

Engine

.

Period

Th

e ,

vor

ld

\\

ar

brnught great res
urgent demand
n.

nd muni t ion

ship s,

refrige

and others,

rati

on. lVIore than

were furnished on rush

high explosiv es:

in s

hips and

eq

uipp

ed for refrige raLed

In

addiLion

for refrigeraLing e

manufacturer

added

hundr

a

numb

to

t his v ital wo

1915-1920

s, hospitals, camps, steam-

to

the

60

lar

orders

eds of

er

for

sma

of

lar

cargo.

ponsibilitie

quipm

ge

ll

ge

rk

ent l>y e

norrn al

Fri

one

demand

ck

compressors

manufactur

plants were installed

vesse

ls we

of s

upplying

s: the

xplosiv

re

e

for

er

of

full y

food,

One of
running

Lhe

first 10 Enc-loscd J\lat

al Po

rtland,

Ore

., since

hinc~. O ne of

l!)J;j

[ 56 J

driv

en

seve

ral

l'lanh inslalled

hunclrccl

sma

ll

Steam-

on shipboard

I

'

I
I ' - \ - •

i •

~~~-_,

-

--;,

=\~:"\'..

~~.-~_y_ '.

- . --. - - _

·. . -

..

-::·

__

..

- .

... ~..:;_ ...... .:

.

,\ T y pica l Ice

rnu11iLi
no less

o

rganization of

This fi

pr

e · or
de igns in
enclo

Tank

ons,

and

Ll1

an

ve

yea

developed

popular

eel mac

size. its autom

- h

ave

clone m ore Lhan anythin

brin°· refri

type

ma Lie

gerat

machine ha

plants of

using the i\lcdi

ho

bl'hincl ,\ cc

pita

G9 rnen

1200

rs

al:o

so

favor.

hin

e-wit

atic

opera tion, a

ing

machin

s made

today.

mn-pr

cssurc

umulat

! servi

mar

people

snw the n

rapid

h

ce

Lo

ched

Lo

join

ew

ly th

at

The

elec

ils

larger capacity

nd its marked reliabili

g else in rece

ery

in to

possible tlie wond

:\ir Sys

or

forth

tem: note

t he arm y

from

Dch~·drators

and

the
the Colors.
enclosed -type co m-

it superseded a

lric mot

or
for a given

nt

yea

gener

al

use.

erful

nav

Frick

ll

other

and

auto-

y,

t he

ty

rs

to

This

Hcfrigcrn l

Cnm

cd

Storag

p <luring

e Room in

the

\\'

orld

an

:\riny

\\'

nr 1\lc<lium-prcssurc

[

57]

Ckar

kc

mad

e from

rnw

wnlcr b~·

,\ir S~·sl

th<>

cm

Three

of the fi,·e

Largest

Fri

ck Vertical i\Icdium-speed Compr

lee

Cre

am

Plnnl-13rey

cr' s, in

es~

Philad

ors

elphi a

at the

\\'orld'

s

Period

Following the
opportunity
sp·endid new

and modern
ma

chines, grinding,

the

same

broadened,

to

handle tl1e growing

In

1923

introdu

ced.

to reb

foundry,

departments

time

hoth

Lhe

F-P

This method

war

the

in

System

1920-1925

period, ·Fri ck C

uild

sales
this

and enl:uge its \Vork

patt

ern sho

for crank-shaft

and

tool-making,

and

service

country and

volume

of

for ma

involves

ompany

p,

and

wood sho

s,

automatic

were

added.

organization

overseas,

work.

kingra,v-water

the use

of

I

,,

took

s. A

wa

in

order

ice

a,

per-

l~

·, . ,

the

p,

At

s

was

Center

Bay

unc

in

the

of lhe fine

gre

at

new

st

in existence

Foundry,

Jlnrizontal

dir

[

!'i8]

cd

111olur d1·i\'c .

JWU.:..r

Duplex

Compressor

Charlcslun,

with

\V. Va.

11:iw-wal

er

Pla

nt

or the Onk Lnwn

!'

a te

nted

F-P l .ow

Tee

-pr

& F

ue

l Co., Dallas, T exas, u ing the

ess

ure Air

Syst

em

fornted
by ,nenns of a

a pe

bra

ndulum

ss tub

piv

mo

tion

e. su pended

ot, whi ch nllows the

vents end wise motio

center

po.· ib le.

of

the co re, which is conseque

Tlt

e PaLenled

low p ressure (Lwo po

n

nd

as

t he a

or n

ir

coolers necessary .

:i

re ils s

eco

nom

heen install ed in

ir

is r

eeircula Led th

i1111plicity,

freedom from whi

y in opera tion.

upwa rcl

aero s Lhe

n:

t he t

.F-

P

und

s or less), thus saving po\\er,

Oth

Th

e F

s o

f' n th

in

the center of the c

tube to

width

of the can,

swing

but

an

with

pre

ube freezes in the exa ct

Sys

tem uses

ere

er fe

-P Syst

atur

ous

ntly the

are

no

es

of

te

em has

and

ice,

plants.

smalle

air

at a very

dehydrators

this Sy

stem

and grea

alread

-

st

t

y

Ea

dy

l.\'

Un

PI'

il

nf Ticlt -

ur

lwu tuns c

drin· Til'

apa

f1·

igcra

city

tin

g

( 59 J

Typi

cnl

mw water Ly

clcnr

ice mn,le from 11nlrcnt<'<l

the

l'atcntc<l

F-1'

Sys

tem

Fo

ur

10 in.

hy

JO

in. Compr

Pl:rnl

essors

or Louisiana lee :rnd Co,

with

S_vnehrnnous

il

Motor

Co., New Orlean

Dri

\·e

al

Lhe

Fri

s

ck

Period

The pnst thr
ment that
briefly mentioned here.

Noteworthy a.dd

grids and oth

thus

saving t
shell-and
gr

eatly

getti

-Lu

in floor

ng non-condensa

Frick-Simplex scoring

ee

yea

rs

tl1e va

rious

itions

er

equipme

i111e and labor; mode

be

and

rnul t ip

space

ble

1925-1928

ha.

ve

seen su

phases

nt

and

gases out

machines

to

the

for

ass

upk

of

har

types,

eep e

ch a rnp

Lhe

work can only

Frick

vest

lin e

in g i

rn cond

which

xpense;

id d

include

ce

in

ense

economiz

purgers

of ammonia

and ice vendors

evelop-

be

can

groups

rs

of

the

fo r

systems;

, t

wo

,

e

011

c of two T

sors

al

the Conso

.\'JJC

.J

~

lorizon(al

hdal

Co1;11~rcs- 8 in.

cd I

lanl

,

I.

h1l

a. for co

[

60]

h_v 8 _i

oling

n. Compr

wal

er

cs~or a

in a B

nd

Equipment

ott

ling

l'lnul

:',f,,dc

rn Ice

Tank, 11si11

Ice i\lanufa

g Lite

l'nl

c11Lcd

F- P

cLuring Co, Hic:hmo

.·y

sLc m

and

ncl

Fri

ck Gro

, \"a.

up

LirL. Ucc

; • I

lri

c

Limely

i

ce;

operate

A

dioxide

and

rnost

aid

s in solvino-

the

Type J horizontal

at

higher

imp

comp

speeds than

orta

nt

ressor

the

development

of

the

to meeL cerLain requiremen

h

ote

l,

hospital,
jobs, better
machines,
ha

ve

proved

lle:finerne

s

uch

as

force-feed

with

and

s]iip

than

any other s

oth

er

Frick

, ery successf ul.

nts

in

the

lar

lubri

caLi

problem

compressors,
the

vertica

ts,

such

work, and

yste

of m

erc

handi

arranged

former

is

the

type.

Frick

l enclosed t~'pe, b

as

theatr

low

e cooling,

temperature

m affords.

carbon-dioxide equipm

ger

on

ammonia

and

multiple plate

compressors

sing

carbo

These

ent,

vnh

to

n-

uilt

,

es,

Sho

wing rclaLi

dri,

vc size

or

Lite Fri

ck

·c

Hdri

gcra

ting Unit and a i\lan

DirccL- i\lo<lcrn type

[

61

]

or Belt

-<lri,·c

U

nit

or

two Lons

Hdrig<'ralin

capacity

g

rri

ek

Car

bon-dioxide

Exp

erimenta l L

h

ave

resul ted in some
reliability. Th
dir

ect

-connect
be ing
ous m

ra

Lo

coup

oto

r, which is pla.ced between the

Th

e combined

nge of sizes increased
ton model.
these small

Brin

e coolers a
known
popul

as

the

ar for ice

abo

ese machin

ion to o

le a

Gas

engines are bein g mo

est Frick

para-fl

tanks.

l'lanl holdi ng box

ratory

of ,\ . C. Spark L'lug

what incr

es are n

il

engines,

pair

ol' comp

unit.· h

ave

to

inclu de a 1-horsep

machin

nd

two new

ow

and

t he vert

al

•W d

eg

rees below zero F. in

·o .. Fli

11t. 1'1

eased speed·, and

ow

l'urnished for

anot

her po

ressors

Lo

one synchro

m.

Gee n

es

imp

unt

in place

designs

i-H

ow,

roved, and

ed

of

motors.

of

are

ic:I,

.

greaLc r

pular

owe

dri

r ha lf-

on some

pip

e coils,

beco

min

ve

n-

t he

of

g

Scoring

prob

Machin

es help to solve the T ime,

lem of l\lerch

an<lising

Ice

(

62]

lab

by

or

and refrige

Frick-Si

mpl

ex

Ice

rati

on a rc ~nvcd
Vendors

Frick

Company

and

Its

Service

Today

[

63]

!

SO-

Lon pl

nnl

of the C i

F- P _yslcm n

l.v Ice

ncl

nnd

Fri

Fuel

ck Gro

Co

.. ;\cw Yo

up

Lifl.

rk Cily

:i

full ruw ;

, using lhe

1l

a ti1

11c

Pulcntcd

Frick

In

th

e follow ino-pn
the br
, alue of i
the
discuss, as fully
of the
in the field

crews who are en

lh

s

oad

Publi

work

' 0 r.,

e co

un Lry.

Anot

her

tud

y of

tion is used ;

a

nd through

differe

nt

Company

act

ivities

ts

service

c in

o-e

ncrnl. S

as

, such

thr

ough o

branch

eac

h of

Lhe

LJ1c knowledge

yea

planl

s, is o

of

to

is really warranted, rnn.ny

as

n-an·ed

of

many industries in

rs of experien

users from cosLly cxpc
of many

exhibi
meetin0crs, n
mechanics
courses

kind

s is cons la

ts and

publications,

ot

and

maintained

Lo men

·ales m
at t11

and

Its

Service

Toda

rres we will touch u

Lhe Compan

Lhe

R efrigera li on

pace does noL

Lhc

intim

ur

ere

on ins

the

Com

y, ,Yh ich

ale con

tact

cting enginee

lall

aLions throu0n·hout

pan) 's Ser

vice inclu

l11
permit. us

whi

accumulated

ce

with· hundr

f'

immense:'

rimcnta

11Lly being carri

and tec

Lion

t he

importance

lion.

EduC"ational work

hnical p

tra

inino-of

t:, t:,

ed

en, through a syste

e \i\ orks in \•Vaynesboro.

[

64]

y

pon a few of'

indi

cate

the

du

..

try a

mai

rs a

nd the

ch re
in this w

in savin

on ,

ape

rs rend

enrrineers and

m of t ra

nd

to

ph

ases

nlaincd

ir

des

frigera-

ay,

eds

of

through

at

inin

a

g

g

!\

Jilk

Cuo

li11

A

g ,

Eq1!ipwcnl

\\ asl1111

Vital

al (he ,sple

gto n. IJ. C . . I-rick H efngc

Help

in

ndid _Pl

50

Different

anl.

rat10

of

the Chcslnul

11

used thro

Industries

ughout

Farms

Dairy,

l\Iurc
ltefri
effic

l\'[cC'hanical

a.

making 0·lue, films
flo"er
l

oid; temp

than

creration

iency

s,

furs

50

for

nnd

profit.

coo

and sernm

erin g

stee

drug ; performing

t

hrou

gh

quicksand, crys
freez in
fermen

automobi

tilat

Pquipmen t to

to

all
one

frigerati

devis

°· fish, eggs,

tation

le

engines, the

in0· theatres;

No

better

point

thes

e uses,

of

them.

out

on

to

ed.

in

yeast,

testimonial

modern

thnt

an<l
New

commerc

industries

carrying

ling

is u e

nnd

s;

chilling

l;

coo

ling

surgical

tallizin g

meat,

ice a

tobacco

rmom

and

many

of

civ

iliz

Frick

is

Refrigeration

daily employed

and

better ways

ial

work

and

businesses now utilize

on

their

el

in

dynamit

work

such

e;

meats,

milk, drinking

operat

ions, sinking-

water

nd

ice

cream;

and

fruit

ete

rs , a

nd

pavements;

other

the
ation

important

great

could

on almo~t eY

are

also

constantly

with

greater

,·nried processes

stor

ing

candy.

wnx

and

cellu-

water

and

shafts

from

solutions;

controlling

juices;

test

ing

ven-

activities.

value

is applicable

be

of l~rick

given t

han

to

ery

of

appl

ymg J:-e-

being

[

65]

Em

:luscd·l."JlC C

h

I .

- p

: ·'

'=

. ,

= /

~~~==

!!!!-i.,.~

arl,un-di

l

e,;

ling

lhc

;c mac

oxidc Compr

hine

s in the

c~sor

and

Fri

ck

Expcrimcnlal Labo

·rn

,:~~[i

!

.-c..-..-.

parL uf lhe c

......

}"

_- .

. , .

~

quipmcnl use

ralor.,·

-

'' ,

"'.

' . . :· S

-~ ' -

~

( .

,

,.

d for

.;,&;

-=

.

..

I

Research

Experimenla.tion

ress of

for

genius or George
was
l~

any

an

fortunate

enney,

business

exte

1\'.L

nded

period. In
Frick, this Compan

in having as ils

E.

, who
the famous George
the

:Frick Corliss
vertical
of th e industry

Research

rate eve

patent

nently
engin eers for
e

xperiments made
lished
Refri
provements
entire

ammonia

compressors

for nearly 30

work

r since,

s from various

maintainin

its

in

papers

gerat

ing Engineers

read

developed a.re t

Refrigeration

and

Development

pla

ys

that

had

pre

I-I.

Corliss. 1\1r. P e

engine

has

the

Co

g a

own

investigations.

at

the

before

fraternity.

an

irnporl.ant

holds

its posi

addition

Chief

viously

and

the remarkable

which

yea

been

maintain

mpany
inventors
corps

of s

Frick

the

and

the

herefore

[

66]

Work

part

Lion

to

the

y in

the early days

Engineer,

been

associated

nney

were the

rs.

ed a.t a

purchasing

as

well

killed

Results

test

plant

American

benefits

shared

in

the

prog-

of

leadership

inventive

Edgar

with

designed

line

standard

lively

valuable

as

perma-

development

of

the

are

pub-

Society

of

the

im-

by

the

of

of

011(11f

111

a11.v fin

e Frick I nstalla lions in S

pressors i

11

a

II

lc-c l'

pain

: fou r l O in.

ln

II

L

al

Cadiz

by

10 in . E

nd

osed Com-

Frick

As carl,v as 1

bei

ng ship

expo

rt business h

The abili

Ly

ped

of

890 Fri

to oth

as

Fri

ck machin
cult operating condi
or ha
installat

gl

hundr

ndlin

g uy

ion in

obe

.

I

mp

ort

eds o

110110!11!11
i\loji,

.Jn

Shanghai, C

Bangkok, Siam

Calc

ult
K a rachi, I
Capetown, S. ,
,\thens,
Ilamilt

on, Be

llaY

ana, Cuba . City

Curac

ao,

Geor

geto
Rnenus Aires, Argen tina .

pra

ant plan

l' 0Ll1

ers. are

, H

awa

ii . . . H

pan

. . . T-:ynsei G nrni T . i\fu rnynma, k c Plant

hina

. E wo Cold Storage

a, India

Gre

Dut

wn, British G

. . . Calcutta k c Associ

ndia

\fr

ica . Tr:rns,·

ece.,

. .

r11111

da

ch \ V

un
ct ically every civilized c

ts

e.st lndie.s

Equipment

Ov

erseas

ck Hel'rigernt.ing E quiprne

er countri

been

awarded us since that time.

tions, such

skilled l

es and a g rea t deal of

ery

to

sta

nd

up

as high h

abo

r, h

ead pressures

as

res

ult

oun

usin g Frick R efrigerat ion,

to

11i11n11

be found

Pearman a

. . . . . Cu

. . Wie

.'

Armolll'

[

67]

awaiian

at

F.l

..

..

Ed

ulj

c.,

,!

Emmanu

nd

\\ atll

lee ancl

ting and Hicht

and Comp

these citi es :

cc-

tric Co.,

Nni Lcr t, lee Pla

Din

slmw, Ice Pla

aal

Cold Stora

el R itsos, k c Pla

ington, Ice

Hcfrigl•rating Co.

racao Ice

cr, Ice Pla

nny. Pac

king

und

try

Ice

Com

er diffi-

ed

am

Plunl

ati

on
nt
ge
nt

Plant

pau~•

nt

Plant

nl

was

in its

on the

ong

nt

A. scm blv Floo

ing ·1·

11i

Ls

r :

rnd

T c~t J\l

in prnd11c-lio11

oc·k al the

: lar

ge

:\lachin

Fri

ck W

ork

~,

sho" ·

ing

Be l

l-dr

c. being creeled in lh<' backgrn1111cl

ive Hc

frigcra

l-

Modern

The abilit

sc

rib

ed pres upposes a manufact

y to prod u

class facilit ies in

The

present

de

partments,

such
shops, and so on.
larged, through

machine tools

Manufacturing

ce

such machin

both equipment and men.

Frick \Vorks h

as

tank shops,

Th

e pla

the

add

iti

on

and

building

provements includ e splendid

wood shops.

The loyalty
tion is strikingly sh
of those

in
Erecting
se

rvice reco rds

Visitors arc welcome
guides being
t

hrou

gh

Lhc m:wy departments.

in a

beautiful

will

prove

and

the

efficien

own

Frick

cy

by

Shops, and

E ngineers, Office

with

provided

and

the Company of

to

inspect

to

historic

both profitable

the

section: a trip

and

Facilities

ery as herein

urin

g planL with fir t

ave

twenty-five

pip

e sh

nt

is con

of

constructi

new

of the m

fact

Force

sta

nt ly

the

mo

on;

pattern, foundry

en

of

t h

at

twelve

twenty

and

the

per

Salesmen have

20

yea

plant

esco rt anyone

V'·

l

aynesboro

enjoyable.

de-

spec

ialized

ops, mac

hin

being en-

st

up-to-date

recent

im-

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