Output of Mills
Output of Mills
By 1835 Baker’s Preston Mill produced 750 pounds of chocolate a day, having taken over a gristmill and a cloth mill in 1805.1
|
Year |
Locale |
Quantity |
Duration |
|
1767 |
Boston Machine |
14 wt = 140 pounds |
2 hours |
|
500 wt = 500 pounds |
10 hours |
||
|
1768 |
Lopez’s Updike |
5,000 pounds |
8-9 months, not full time |
|
1835 |
Baker’s Preston Mill former gristmill and cloth mill |
750 pounds |
one day |
1 Peter F. Stevens, “It Happened in Dorchester: Dr. Baker and the Chocolate Factory,” History of Dorchester, 1–3, accessed May 5, 2009, http://www.dotnews.com/history.html; Miller, “Calendar,” 7.