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URBAN NYS IV:

Manufacturing

Prof. Anthony Grande©AFG 2013

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing sparked urbanization and changed the nature of New York State.It relied on local resources and water power.

It needed good transportation large markets

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It needed good transportation, large markets and financing.

It concentrated workers.

Unfortunately, it has “Location Inertia”:

>>>>Once there, it stays there.<<<<

Historic Manufacturing Regions

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Manufacturing RegionsIndustry that thrivedin NYS grew because of the presence of: Raw materials Varied transportation

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• Manufacturing regions developed in certain areas of NYS because of an industry’s locationalneeds:

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network Power supply Labor supply Investment money Markets

- Comparative advantage:areas best suited - Agglomeration: clustering of industry for mutual benefit

• Isolated industrial cities grew in areas with unique resources.

Manufacturing Sites

The quality of location changes with time. Markets change

People’s needs and wants change

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Production methods change

New and cheaper sources of material appear

New and cheaper sources of labor appear

Local sources of material run out

Markets disappear

Hudson-Mohawk Confluence

• The area had excellent industrial location attributes due to existing site and situation factors.

• This area was a concentrator of transportation

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proutes, economic activities, people, politics, and money.

RiverSpark Heritage Area focuses on and highlights the location aspects of this area.

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RiverSpark

• Located where the Mohawk River meets the Hudson River.Theme: Industry and Labor

• Water-focused.

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Slogan: Where water ignited a revolution.

• Consists of sites in Cohoes, Waterford, Green Island, Colonie, Watervliet, Troy and Lansingburgh (N. Troy).

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Extra Credit Exercise 13Industrial Location

Extra Credit Exercise 13 looks at industrial location within the RiverSpark Heritage Area.

Look o er the n mbered locations andLook over the numbered locations and describe the physical characteristics and uses present for 10 sites.

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Little Falls, NY

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Mohawk, NY (near Little Falls)

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Utica & Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills

The first mill in the Mohawk Valley opened in 1848.Maker of bed linens.The Utica Steam Cotton Mills was one of the first manufacturing plants in the

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g pMohawk Valley to use steam instead of water power.Peak production reached in 1910.By the mid-1950s, most of the textile mills in Oneida County were gone. The “loom-to-gloom” era (now termed Rust Belt) had begun.

Amsterdam, NY in 1920s

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Amsterdam, NY

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Remington ArmsIlion, NY

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• Remington Arms Company, Inc. was founded in 1816 by EliphaletRemington in Ilion, NY, as the E. Remington and Sons company.

• It is the oldest company in the United States which still makes its original product, and is the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America.

Remington Typewriter Factory Ilion, NY

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New York Mills, NY

• Factory building

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American Woolen Mills Fulton, NY

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Cigar FactoryUtica, NY

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Harmony Mills, Cohoes, NY

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Harmony Mills, Cohoes, NY

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Factory building being converted to rental units and coops.

Closed Factories

Fulton Paper Co.,

Oswego Falls, NYFort Edward Paper Mills, Ft. Edward, NY

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Red Cross Salt FactorySilver Springs, NY, Wyoming Co.

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