The Bedford
Fast Black Dye Company, before 1902
1909 East Hagert Street, Philadelphia PA 19125
(north side between Jasper Street and Emerald Street)
1909 East Hagert Street, Philadelphia PA 19125
(north side between Jasper Street and Emerald Street)
© Carmen A. Weber, Irving
Kosmin, and Muriel Kirkpatrick, Workshop of the World (Oliver
Evans Press, 1990).
This heavily altered
structure housed the Bedford Fast Black Dye Company in
1902. 1
By 1922, a
machine works occupied the site. 2
1 Hexamer and Son, 1902
2 Bromley, 1922
Update May
2007 (by
Torben Jenk):
Now used by CAVCO, a manufacturer of vinyl windows and
steel doors since 1972. Now run by the second generation.
CAVCO also uses all the buildings on the block east to
Emerald Street, including the Emsley.