John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works

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In operation    1895 - c. 1925

Wares

Sanitary

Earthenware and sanitary specialties (Trenton Board of Trade 1900)

Sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1901, 1906, 1909)

Sanitary earthenware specialties (Industrial Directory 1912)

Sanitary earthenware (Industrial Directory 1918)

Notes

In 1895 John Maddock established his Coalport Works here and made sanitary ware… This site was later split between the Hibbert Printing Company and the Bartley Crucible and Refractories Company (making crucibles and other industrial ceramics). Bartley moved to this site in the 1930s.

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

Selected References

Harney, W.J. 1929. “Trenton’s First Potteries.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 1929.

“John Maddock: Father of the Sanitary Business in Trenton.” Sunday Times Advertiser, July 2, 1942.

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

Stern, Marc Jeffrey. 1994.  The Pottery Industry of Trenton: A Skilled Trade in Transition, 1850-1929.  Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Goldberg, David J. 1998. Preliminary Notes on the Pioneer Potters and Potteries of Trenton, N.J.: The First Thirty Years – 1852 – 1882 (And Beyond).  Privately published, Trenton, New Jersey.

Other firms at this site:

Other Names

John Maddock & Sons Company; John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works

Block and Lot:
39-1B/1

Historic Street Address:
Muirhead Avenue near Pennsylvania Railroad; Muirhead Avenue near Pennsylvania and Bound Brook Railroad; Railroad Avenue near Clinton

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Image Gallery

John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 76 bottom)
Coalport Works, 1900 Industrial Trenton (Wolf p. 76 bottom)

Map Gallery

John Maddock and Sons Coalport Works, 1905 Lathrop
John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works, 1927 Sanborn Map
John Maddock & Sons Coalport Works, 1908 Sanborn Map
Map References

Lathrop, J. M. 1905.   Atlas of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton. A.H. Mueller & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Plate 9: shown as “John Maddock Coalport Works”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1908.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 1, plate 37: shown as “John Maddock & Sons”)

Sanborn Map Company.  1927.  Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York.  (Vol. 1, plate 53: shown as “John Maddock & Sons [vacant]”