Excerpt from Manufacturing in Philadelphia, 1683-1912: With Photographs of Some of the Leading Industrial Establishments Advantage has been taken of the recent publication of the United States Census of Pennsylvania to present detailed statements for all the Philadelphia industries given in the Census. This has been supplemented by photographs of a' few of the leading manufacturing establishments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.