The origins of the Page Belting Company and nineteenth-century technology: Historical New Hampshire / Dennis E. Howe.

Title:

The origins of the Page Belting Company and nineteenth-century technology: Historical New Hampshire / Dennis E. Howe.

Author:

Howe, Dennis E.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1994.

Physical Description:

p. [2] - 23.

Source:

Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring 1994) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The early history of the Page Belting Company of Concord illustrates how one New Hampshire business adopted and applied technological innovation. The Page Company began manufacturing power transmission belting in 1868. Such belts provided nearly all motion and energy for industrial machines until well into the 20th century. The Page Company picked up business and new ideas by exhibiting its products at major expositions in Philadelphia in 1876 and Chicago in 1893. In the 1890's the company was instrumental in establishing New Hampshire's first industrial electrical energy system. The Page Company grew steadily in the late 19th century. By 1900 it employed about two hundred people and made about one million pounds of belting a year.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Tanneries New Hampshire. , Power transmission 19th century. , Belts and belting. , Manufactures. , Technological innovations 19th century.

Organizations:

Page Belting Company.

Terms of Use:

Please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society.

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