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the Home of the
Largest Manufacturers of Storage
Batteries in the World!
designed and Built by Wm. Steele & Sons Co,
The largest factory in the world making storage batteries
is located in Philadelphia. But big as is the plant of The
Electric Storage Battery Company, it is not big enough to
fill the constantly increasing demand for Exide Batteries.
So the giant new factory, pictured above, is being built at
Grescentviile. This will be operated in addition to the
present plant at Allegheny Avenue and 19 th Street.
The makers of Exide Batteries are the oldest as well as
the largest manufacturers of storage batteries in the world
and the only firmthat makes batteries for every purpose.
The storage battery industry began with them thirty-three
years ago in Gloucester, N. J., opposite Philadelphia. Exide
Batteries are also now made in England and Canada.
The navies of many nations and great industries of all
kinds use Exide Batteries. A majority of all the submarines
in the world are propelled under the surface by Exide.
Batteries. Exide was the first starting and Lighting battery
for automobiles and today is used by millions of motorists.
Every time you telephone, your voice is sent crvcr the wire
by the current from an Exide Battery. Exides propel in
dustrial trucks and mine locomotives, operate fire alarms,
light railway trains and in scores of other ways play a vital
role in the dailv life of the nation.
Facts about this wonderful plant:
The new plant of The Electric Storage
Battery Company at Grescentviile, Phila
delphia, is the largest plant in the world
devoted exclusively to the manufacture
of electric storage batteries. Whei com
pleted it will comprise 27 buildings, of
which 17 buildings are now under con
struction. The Crescentvillc plant is being built
to supply the tremendously increased
demand for Exide Batteries and will be
operated in addition to the present plant
at Allegheny Avenue and Nineteenth
Street.
We are installing and equipping the
power plant, heating system, conveyors,
sprinkling system, lighting, ventilating,
etc., etc. This means that all the work
being done under one contract, one
supervision and one responsibility.
We have been their building counsel
in every sense of the term. As a result
The Electric Storage Battery Company
always received maximum results the
most for their building dollar.
The plant is so arranged and coordi
nated that the greatest volume of pro
duction is obtained with the least effort,
time and expense. Conveyors, bridges
and underground tunnels connect the
production units and there is a concerted
movement in one direction from the
raw material receiving room to the ship
ping platform and warehouse. Opera
tion continues in a straight and uninter
rupted line. There is no movement of
material unless something is done to it
to bring it nearer completion. Lost
motion and waste are eliminated.
The plant as it now stands is an inde
pendent working unit and yet it can bo
added to and enlarged at any time, ac
cording to our plans, without disturbing
or interrupting production for an hour.
The machinery placements, conveyor,
power house, heat, light and sprinkling
systems will remain undisturbed.
The buildings are of concrete, brick
and steel each constructed to suit th
peculiarities of manufacture. They are
designed to give maximum light and ven
tilation in clear space eliminating to ft
great degree all columns.
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WM. STEELE 3c
Architects :' Engineers : Constructors
PHILADELPHIA TORONTO
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