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- Complex Name (Common)
- Cushman Chuck Co.
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Cushman Chuck Co.
- Address or Location
- 806 Windsor Street, Hartford
- County
- Hartford
- Historic Designation
- Associated Mill Community
- n/a
- Historic Information
Companies Associated w/Complex
- Cushman Chuck Co. 1910-c.1980
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
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Historic Narrative
A. F. Cushman married the daughter of Simon Fairman, who in 1830 received the first U.S. patent for a chuck, a work-holding device used, in this case, on a lathe. Fairman developed the chuck while making machinery for the fledgling textile manufactures in Stafford, CT. Cushman started making his own versions of Fairman's chucks in Hartford in 1862, hiring as his first employee Adrian Sloan, a veteran of Colt Annory; Sloan became Works Manager of the growing concern by 1870. Cushman's first factory (demolished) was near the site of Pratt and Cady in Hartford, but in 1910 the firm moved to a new building on Windsor St., where it operated as Cushman Industries [until at least 1980]. In the 1930s Connecticut could fairly claim to have produced some 80% of the chucks in use in the U. S. Besides Cushman, two other major Connecticut producers traced their origins to Fairman and the Stafford textile industry: E. Horton and Son and D. E. Whiton Machine Co., both founded by men who had worked for Fairman. (Roth)
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Two (2) blocks.
Dates of Construction
1910, 1915-1919
Architect
Ford, Buck and Sheldon, Hartford
Builder
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Building Type
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Architectural Description
The brickpier, flat-roofed factory, about 200' x 70', has segmental-arched windows with stone sills. In 1915-19 the company built a large addition designed by Ford, Buck and Sheldon of Hartford; the 1-story brick addition, about 300' long, has a flat roof. (Roth)
Exterior Material(s)
Structural System(s)
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Roof Form
Roof Material
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Power Source
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Condition
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Condition Notes
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- Property Information
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Specific Location
One 3.29 acre parcel south of Boce Barlow Way
Adjacent To
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Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Parcel ID / Assessor Record Link
- 263/74/95 (for record, use link and type in address or parcel number) / Link →
Acreage
3.29
Use (Present)
- Sources
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Form Completed By
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Date
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Bibliography
- Roth, Matthew, et al, Connecticut: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites (Washington DC: SIA, 1981).
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Photographer
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Photography Date
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