File:History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 (1919) (14759173956).jpg

Identifier: historyofcamdenc00camd (find matches)
Title: History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- New Jersey Camden County Camden County (N.J.) -- History
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Publicity and Historical Committee
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
eral Charles M.Schwab awarded a contract for the extension of the greatplant far into Gloucester at the cost of $10,000,000. The Mathis Yacht Building Company devoted itsplant to the construction of hulls for powerful seaplanes.The Victor Talking Machine Company began the manu-facture of aeroplane and seaplane parts and was beginningthe manufacture of rifles when the armistice was signed.Strandwitz and Scott manufactured gasoline tanks forAmerican aeroplanes. The Argo Mills, of Gloucester,manufactured army blankets. The General ChemicalCompany manufactured powerful chemicals needed as ex-plosives and for other war work. The woolen mills manu-factured army sweaters. And even the most obscureplant was making something on a contract or subcontractfor winning the war. The Camden Forge Companysplant worked night and day on the manufacture of driv-ing shafts for government boats and their plant grewmany times its original size. The rug mills of Glouces- CAMDEN COUNTY IX Till- GREAT WAR. 221
Text Appearing After Image:
INDUSTRY. 223 ter wove army blankets and the local shoe factoriesworked night and day on army orders. The large kidworks, for which this city is known, turned out thousandsof tons of hides to be made over into shoes for the army. New York Shipyard During the war enough merchant vessels were launch-ed from the New York Shipyard to deliver a total of1,700,000 tons of cargo per annum to the shores ofFrance in ten round trips. These figures require a reduc-tion of about 10,000 tons for coal consumed on the voy-age over, making a total dead weight of 1,690,000 tons. It must be remembered that throughout the war periodthe firm was handicapped in its production by extensionsto the plant going on at the same time as the balance ofthe plant was turning out the finished product. Anyengineer will admit that it is impracticable for a plant tomaintain its maximum production while extensions ona large scale are being made to the plant. Add to thisthe fact that it was up to the established yards to

Note About Images