Electric Porcelain and Manufacturing Company

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In operation    1896-1916

Wares

Electrical

Electrical porcelain, porcelain for electric purposes (Industrial Directory 1901)

Porcelain goods (Industrial Directory 1906)

Electric light specialties (Industrial Directory 1909)

Electrical porcelain specialties (Industrial Directory 1912)

Notes

The company manufactured “High grade Vitrified Porcelain for Electrical Purposes; such as Battery Bushings, Arc Hanger Boards, Wall, Concealed and Molding Rosettes, Wall Receptacles, Bug Cutouts, Cleats, Insulators, Security Insulators, Switch Bases and all Specialties.”  

— Trenton Board of Trade. 1900.  Industrial Trenton and Vicinity.  George A. Wolf Publishers, Wilmington, Delaware.

Selected References

Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1896-1900.  Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ and Morrisville, PA, Included a Fund of Information Concerning Public and Private Institutions, National, State, County, City and Borough Governments, Gathered from Reliable and Official Sources.  Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.

Trenton Board of Trade. 1900.  Industrial Trenton and Vicinity.  George A. Wolf Publishers, Wilmington, Delaware.

Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1901-1916.  Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ.  Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.

Abramson, D.V. and T. Karschner. 1978.  An Inventory of Historical Engineering and Industrial Sites, Trenton, New Jersey.  On file, New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJDEP), Trenton, New Jersey.

Other Names

Electric Company; Electric Porcelain Company; Electric Porcelain and Manufacturing Company; Electric Porcelain and Manufacturing Works

Block and Lot:
104B/9

Historic Street Address:
311 Monmouth Street; 309 Monmouth Street; 315 Monmouth Street

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Image Gallery

Electric Porcelain and Manufacturing Company, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 80 bottom)

Map Gallery

Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company, 1908 Sanborn
Electric Porcelain Manufacturing Company, 1905 Lathrop Map
Map References

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Plate 7: shown as “The Crossley Mfg Co.”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1908.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 2. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 2, plate 106: shown as “Electrical Porcelain Manufacturing Co.” on Monmouth Street and East State Street.)