The Fleischmann Company
Source: Gems of the Hudson: Peekskill and VicinityCompiled by G. M. Vescelius, Peekskill NY (Book, Date Unknown- circa 1914)
Information here is for archival purposes, and is not current.
Charles Fleischmann, the founder of The Fleischmann Co., made and sold the first pound of compressed yeast
used by the American baker. That was in 1868—nearly half a century ago.
From that humble beginning The Fleischmann Co.
has grown. Today there are ten Fleischmann factories in operation in different
parts of the country and they produce over one hundred million pounds of yeast
a year.
The largest Fleischmann plant is situated at Charles Point, Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. —a
beautiful, ideal and advantageous location. This factory with immense
buildings, grain elevators, railroad, wharves, and offices, covers one hundred
acres of ground. There are 1,500,000 square feet under roof covering 125
buildings, including a grain elevator with a capacity of 250,000 bushels of
grain. It requires 5,000 bushels of grain, corn, rye and barley, to supply the material
for each day's output. There are over two miles of railroad connecting with the
various structures and providing the very best railroad facilities for all
points. East, West, North and South. The monthly consumption of water amounts
to more than 3,000,000 cubic feet or about 22,500,000 gallons. It requires
5,000 tons of coal each month to keep the fires going.
In addition to its wonderful manufacturing facilities, The
Fleischmann Co. has one of the finest
distributing organizations in the country. This consists of 950 agencies
through which personal delivery service is rendered to bakers and grocers in
practically every city, town and hamlet.
The Fleischmann Co. is a vital factor in our national life
since it is Fleischmann's Yeast that raises the nation's bread.
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