Franklin Sugar Refinery

The '''Franklin Sugar Refinery''' was a steam-powered, brick building constructed starting in 1866 on Almond and Swanson Streets by the [[Delaware River]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Harrison, Havemeyer & Co. Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv2.0133 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} Two decades later it had expanded into the surrounding blocks.{{Cite web |title=Franklin Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv21.2035-2036 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} The Franklin Sugar Refining Company was formed as a corporation controlled by various firms of which [[Charles Custis Harrison]] was the senior partner.{{Cite book |url={{Google books |qjkuAAAAYAAJ |pg=PA2659 |plainurl=yes}} |title=United States of America, Petitioner, Against the American Sugar Refining Company, Et Al., Defendants: Petitioner's Testimony |date=1912 |language=en}} In 1892 the Franklin Sugar Refinery was sold to the [[American Sugar Refining Company]] in an effort to monopolize the sugar refining industry within the United States.{{Cite web |title=Building Havemeyer Hall: Charles Frederick Chandler and the Sugar Refining Industry {{!}} Columbia University and Slavery |url=https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/building-havemeyer-hall-charles-frederick-chandler-and-sugar-refining-industry |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu}} It continued to operate under the same name for several decades. Other refineries operating in Philadelphia at that time were the [[Spreckels Sugar Company|Spreckels Company]],{{Cite web |title=Spreckels' Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv24.2291-2292 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections: Hexamer General Surveys, Volume 18, Plate 1747 |url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/13869 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Free Library of Philadelphia |language=en-US}}., and [[United States v. E. C. Knight Co.|E. C. Knight & Co.]]

The '''Franklin Sugar Refinery''' was a steam-powered, brick building constructed starting in 1866 on Almond and Swanson Streets by the [[Delaware River]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Harrison, Havemeyer & Co. Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv2.0133 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} Two decades later it had expanded into the surrounding blocks.{{Cite web |title=Franklin Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv21.2035-2036 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} The Franklin Sugar Refining Company was formed as a corporation controlled by various firms of which [[Charles Custis Harrison]] was the senior partner.{{Cite book |url={{Google books |qjkuAAAAYAAJ |pg=PA2659 |plainurl=yes}} |title=United States of America, Petitioner, Against the American Sugar Refining Company, Et Al., Defendants: Petitioner's Testimony |date=1912 |language=en}} In 1892 the Franklin Sugar Refinery was sold to the [[American Sugar Refining Company]] in an effort to monopolize the sugar refining industry within the United States.{{Cite web |title=Building Havemeyer Hall: Charles Frederick Chandler and the Sugar Refining Industry {{!}} Columbia University and Slavery |url=https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/building-havemeyer-hall-charles-frederick-chandler-and-sugar-refining-industry |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu}} It continued to operate under the same name for several decades. Other refineries operating in Philadelphia at that time were the [[Spreckels Sugar Company|Spreckels Company]],{{Cite web |title=Spreckels' Sugar Refinery |url=https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv24.2291-2292 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=www.philageohistory.org}} the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co{{Cite web |title=Digital Collections: Hexamer General Surveys, Volume 18, Plate 1747 |url=https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/13869 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Free Library of Philadelphia |language=en-US}}., and [[United States v. E. C. Knight Co.|E. C. Knight & Co.]]

In 1925 the building was purchased by the Merchants Warehouse Company.{{Cite web |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0600/pa0697/data/pa0697data.pdf |title=Architectural Data Form: Franklin Sugar Refinery |last1=McCown |first1=Susan |date=March 1, 1984 |work=[[Historic American Buildings Survey]] |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=September 17, 2023}} The building's site is now part of the [[Interstate 95]].

In 1925 the building was purchased by the Merchants Warehouse Company.{{Cite web |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa0600/pa0697/data/pa0697data.pdf |title=Architectural Data Form: Franklin Sugar Refinery |last1=McCown |first1=Susan |date=March 1, 1984 |work=[[Historic American Buildings Survey]] |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=September 17, 2023}} The building's site is now part of [[Interstate 95]].

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