This firm continued the business for thirty years, when it was merged into a joint stock company, now known as the Peekskill Plow works.

The foundries now in operation are The People's Stove Works, (Southard, Robertson & Co.), the Union Stove Works, (Hill's), National Stove Works (Stanford's), the foundry of Montross, Lent & Pollock, the American Stove Works, and the Peekskill Manufacturing Company, (Seymour's). In brisk seasons these shops employ from 400 to 600 men.

Besides the foundries above enumerated, the most of which have extensive warerooms in New York city, there are located in the village and its immediate vicinity, the Machine works of Anderson Brothers, the Highland Chemical Works, the Force Table and Oil Cloth Manufacturing Co., Binney's Lamp Black Factory, the Annsville Wire Mills, the Oregon Paper Mills, a Manufactory of Drain Tiles and Hageman's Soap Factory.

The Peekskill Blast Furnace is located on Annsville creek, and is connected with the Croft iron mines by a railway built for the purpose, by which the furnace is supplied with a superior quality of iron ore at a

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comparatively small expense. These works have been idle during the past winter, but are expected to resume operations in a short time.

Located within the town of Cortlandt and drawing a large portion of their supplies from Peekskill, are a number of brick yards, employing a large force of men and making the best brick in market. The one nearest the village is situated on Lent's Flats. This is owned and occupied by Charles D. Southard, employing about thirty men and paying out over $10,000 per season.