Mynderse Academy - Myndersian Yearbook (Seneca Falls, NY)

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CONTENTS IW THEME SCHOOL SCHOOL LIFE i s I . W

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MYNDERSIAN 193 7 PRESENTED BY THE SENIOR CLASS MYNDERSE ACADEMY SENECA FALLQ NEW YORK for

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INDUSTRY IN SENECA FALLS In dlscusslng the lndustrles of thls town we plan to touch brlefly on the hlstorles of the manufacturlng concerns of today that play such lmportant roles ln our thrlvlng community Some of yesterday no longer exlst but ln passlng we pay trlbute to the contrlbu tlon that each of these has made to Seneca Falls Goulds Office 'Ihe blrthplace of the Goulds Pump lndustry was the Old Stone Shop orlglnally a carrlage factory on the corner of Ovld and Green Streets Here ln 1839 the first wooden pump was made but the ldea was abandoned because of a dlspute over patents The next year Abel Downs took up the buslness and 111 1845 hls firm brought out the lron pump Thus was establlshed an lndustry for whlch Seneca Falls has become famous for today Goulds Pumps Inc IS one of the largest pump concerns ln the world Between 1845 and 1852 the buslness changed hands several tlmes untll IH that year Seabury S Could bought out the other lnterests The COflflHL1Ctl growth and success of the buslness made ll necessary to provlde a larger shop for manufacturlng Con sequently what was then consldered a very large factory was establlshed at a new slte on Ovld Street ln 1864 the name of the company was changed from Downs 8: Company to the Goulds Manufacturlng Company Many lnfant lndustrles of that perlod were handl tapped by a lack of power for manufaeturlng and an lnaecesslblllty to markets The growth of the pump lndustry IH Seneca Falls was not retarded by these factors The fall of the Seneca Rlver provlded the necessary water power and the rapld settlement of the fertlle Flnger Lakes reglon developed a growlng local market There were few sprlngs for drlnklng purposes but wells were easlly excavated ln the deep clay soll and pumps were needed to ralse the water to the surface However the market was not long confined to this locallty for wlth the Westward movement a new terrltory opened up and the fact that Seneca Falls lay adjacent to the Lrle Canal the natlon s best trade route to the rapldly openlng West added to the ln dustrys rapld expanslon Wlth the constructlon ln 1915 of the present Barge Canal the pump factorles were forced to move from the Flats to a slte above the mundated land The necessary removal added greatly to the efiiclency of the plant slnce a general modernlzatlon took place and hydro electrlclty replaced water power And so the lndustry has developed Great strldes have been taken slnce Abel Downs lntroduced the first wooden pump almost one hundred years ago Today Goulds Pumps Inc manufacture one of the most complete pump llnes of any concern ln the world Thelr motto A Pump For Every Servlce l well earned Thelr pumps are not confined to hand llng water but lnclude the handllng of molasses gasollne paper stock peas lnk castor oll tar lard and molten lead To cover such a wlde range they have developed a comprehenslve llne of reclprocatlng centrlfugal and rotary pumps Every one IS famllllr wlth the farm yard llft pump but not every one has seen a centrlfugal pump handllng oll ln a refinery at Fvery one reallzes that pumps dellver water from the munlelpal reservolr to the town water malns but not many people know th it there are relays of huge horlzontal reelprocatlng pumps pumplng twenty five A-.Th Gouldl Pump Company thousand barrels of oll a day through a llne from the oll fields to a refinery vrhlch may be two hundred mlles away The farmer cm get an automatlc vnater system to supply hls whole farm s needs The home owner can . .... y i , I A A g . , , . . 3 . . , K ' ' ' 1 . . I 'L . t 3 G , . ' ' . A 7 y . . h . A . y a . - 7 1 1 A 4 1 .4 1 . S S - A ' 5 9 ' - V 4 . l l ' ' ' . Y .. Q . ,,. -S Y . , . . , I 3 1 Y 3 , 7 Q Q . ' 7 ll nn - ' - K G i Y I 1 l O ' 3 A' 1 ' . , . . 4 A 1 ' ' 1 ' , ' A 1 ' g , , ' , a temperature of five hundred degrees Fahrenheit. 1 1 4 ' 1 ' , A 1 L' 4 4 ' I 4 A 4 1 D a 4 ., ' . ' , . . , U . - . 1 I . ' V ' ' y 1 ' ' . - L 'a 4 , 4 . 1 1 q 1 . Y I . - . Y 1 I . 4 as . 4 ' ' ' I . 3 y. l v 5