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Business & Industrial History of Patchogue, NY

Business & Industrial History of Patchogue, NY

 

See also  Maritime History of Patchogue, NY  web page

 

--  Business Improvement District (BID)

 

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--  Hotels, Taverns, Restaurants, & General Stores

 

---  General

---  Brickhouse Brewery  [formerly Shands, earlier John S. Havens' general store]

---  Gallo Tropical

---  Hart's Tavern

  • April, 1790.  (U.S.  Library of Congress.  American Memory.  The Diaries of George Washington, v. 6, Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds.  - See entry of April 22nd; a Patchogue lunch stop by the new U.S. President, on his whirlwind tour of Long Island; a brief escape from the pressure and awareness of constantly setting precedents at the new national capital at New York)
  • Hart's Tavern Mystery  (Long Island Stories) 

---  Historic Images

---  Lawan

---  Old Olive Tree

  • About Us  (The Old Olive Tree Restaurant)

---  Reeses 1900

--  Mills and Factories   [Note:  one of Patchogue's 19th Century several nicknames was

            "Milltown".  The village's 3 streams:  Tuthill Creek, Patchogue River, & East Creek (or

            Swan River), in the mid- to late-18th century, a power source for mills, into the 20th

            century]

 

---  General

  • Early Mills in Patchogue, Sept 7, 1950, by Thomas R. Bayles  (Longwood's Journey)
  • Mills & Factories  (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room.  Patchogue-Medford Area Historic Images @ Flickr.com) - migration of images placed on this site is being investigated 

---  Clare Rose, Inc.

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---  Edwin Bailey & Sons  (Lumber Industry)

---  Justus Roe & Sons

  • Roe's Steel Measuring Tapes [1897 brochure] (Patchogue-Medford Library.  Celia M. Hastings Local History Room.  Digital Archives; Patchogue-Medford Area Historic Images on Flickr.com)

---  Lace Mill   [on site of earlier mills; initially Patchogue-Plymouth Lace Mill, then changed its

                     ownership and name more than once]

            See also  Patchogue Electric Light Company  [below, esp. per lawsuit over water rights]

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---  Swan [i.e., East] Lake Grist Mill

--  Newspapers

             See also  Literary History of Patchogue, NY  web page

 

---  General   

---  Argus 

  • About This Newspaper:  The Argus  (U,S.  Library of Congress.  Chronicling America:  Historic American Newspapers and the National Endowment for the Humanities)

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---  Long Island Advance   [formerly the Advance and Patchogue Advance]

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---  Long Island News

 

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  • Long Island News.  Patchogue, NY:  John Tuthill, III, April 1, 1982-December 26, 1985. 

---  Main Street Press

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---  Patchogue Patch

---  Patchogue-Medford News

--  Patchogue Chamber of Commerce

--  Patchogue Electric Lighting Company (PELCO)

           See also   Mills and Factories -- Lace Mill  [above]

                           Trolley Line (Suffolk Traction Company)  [below]

---  PML Catalog, PML Vertical File Sampler, and Online newspaper article citation sampler:

  • Patchogue, comp. by Fred B., Jones.  [Patchogue, NY:  The Compiler,] 2007:  pp. 183-185.
  • "One Man Lit the Way for PELCO in 1886."  Long Island Advance, 100th Anniversary edition:  p. 23.
  • "Lynching Mob Threatened Electrical Pioneer Here." Patchogue Advance, n.d.:  n.p.; Argus, 1889: n.p.
  • "Electric Light Plant Sold:  Bought by Trolley Promoters for $50,000. -- Also Negotiate for the Great South Bay Water Co. Plants; Consents Being Freely Given for Trolley on Min Stree.  Work to Begin on Cross-Island Grading within Three Weeks.  -- An Important New Idea for the Ocean Avenue Service."  Patchogue Advance, May 30, 1902:  p. 1.
  • "A Water Case Adjourned."  Brooklyn Eagle, May 15, 1897:  p. 3.
  • "Experts in a Water Suit."  Brooklyn Eagle, July 22, 1897:  p. 8.
  • "Water Supply Controversy:  Two Patchogue Corporations at Loggerheads and One Threatens to Move to Connecticut."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 26, 1897:  p. 10.  -- The lace mill was the corp. threatening the move
  • "Hearing Postponed."  Brooklyn Eagle, January 22, 1898:  p. 2.
  • "New Electric Plant." Brooklyn Eagle, February 25, 1898:  p. 5.
  • "To Extend Lines."  Brooklyn Eagle, September 23, 1898:  p. 12. -- through Blue Point, Bayport, and Sayville
  • "Latest Long Island News:  Progressive Patchogue Feels the Impetus of the Building Boom; Next Enterprise a Laundry:  To Be Run by Electricity -- Electric Light Company's Acquisition -- Activity Noticed Elsewhere."  Brooklyn Eagle, March 21, 1899:  p. 7.
  • "Patchogue Light Company." Brooklyn Eagle, May 29, 1900:  p. 7.
  • "Cross Island Trolley."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 1, 1901:  p. 21.
  • "Light Plant May Build Cross Island Trolley."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 11, 1901:  p. 7.
  • "Pays Six Per Cent Dividends:  Director Carman is a Doubting Thomas and Thinks He Sees the Pennsylvania Road in the Deal."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 12, 1901:  p. 7.
  • "Light for Blue Point."  Brooklyn Eagle, Febraury 6, 1902:  p. 8.
  • "Offer for Light Plant:  Island Trolley Company Bids $50,000 for It if Accepted Tomorrow."  Brooklyn Eagle, May 26, 1902:  p. 8.
  • "Another Extension."  Brooklyn Eagle, July 1, 1902:  p. 9.
  • "The Deal is Off:  The Trolley People's Option on Patchogue's Light Plant has Expired."  Brooklyn Eagle, July 16, 1902:  p. 7.
  • "No Darkness in Patchogue:  Franchises Granted to Rival Gas Companies -- Contract with Local Electric Light Company Yet Operative."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 14, 1902:  p. 22.
  • "More Trolley Talk Heard in Patchogue:  Will a Cross Island Line and One Connecting Freeport and Moriches be Built?; Baltimore Capital Secured.  A $500 Forfeit for the Purchase of the Patchogue Electric Light Plant."  Brooklyn Eagle, December 24, 1902:  p. 9.
  • "100 Years Ago" (From the Archives of the Long Island Advance).  Long Island Advance, July 31, 2006:  p. 22.
  • Patchogue Electric Light Company.  Public Service Reports, 1911-1921 [miscellaneous pages].  [Patchogue, NY:  PELCO, 1911-1921].
  • "Giver of Light and Power for Community" [captioned photo of plant].  Patchogue Advance, October 16, 1936:  n.p.
  • "Patchogue Electric Light Co. Keeps Pace with Area's Growth."  Patchogue Advance, August 1, 1946:  n.p.
  • "...Pelco Float in the 1948 Fourth of July Parade Won First Place..." [captioned photo] (From the Archives of the Long Island Advance).  Long Island Advance, August 28, 2008:  p. 22. 
  • "Electric Light Co. Serves 11,000 Customers Over an Area of 175 Square Miles:  Faith of Small Group 58 Years Ago Justified:  First Electric Light Plant Erected by E.H. Terry at Grist Mill on Patchogue Lk."  [Patchogue Advance?,] December 5, 1946, Section 1:  p. 3
  • "Cornerstone Laid for Pelco's New Building on Conklin Ave."  Patchogue Advance, January 12`, 1951:  pp. 6.
  • "The Patchogue Electric Light Company built New Offices in 1951...." [caprioned photo] (From the Archives of the Long Island Advance).  Long Island Advance, September 13, 2007:  p. 22. 
  • "Mobile Sub-Station in Service:  Power Plant Being Revamped."  Patchogue Advance, June 5, 1951:  n.p.
  • "One Cent Sale!:  A Luxurious Electrically Heated Shower Bath" [PELCO advertisement].  Patchogue Advance, September 6, 1951:  n.p. 
  • "Originally Constructed in 1899...Patchogue Electric Light Co. had to Double the Size of Its Power Plant...Shown Here at Its Final Size in 1962" [captioned photo] (From the Archives of the Long Island Advance).  Long Island Advance, January 17, 2008:  p. 26.
  • "Bring Back PELCO." Long Island Advance, October 31, 1985:  p. 21.

--  Trolley Line  (Suffolk Traction Company)

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