Early Industry and Business
This is a listing of known businesses in Newport from the beginning with the year if known. It covers Newport from the beginning of 1794 to 1900. Check back often because as I find out information about each business, I will post it.
Addyston Pipe and Steel Works-1889
Andrews Steel
Company-1891
Daniel Amann Tobacco Company-1860
W J Baker Company-1899
Bartle's Merchant Store-1791 owner Robert Bartle
Buecker Machinery and Iron Works-1865
Buecker Sewing Machine Shop-1858
Butcher & Wiedemann-1870
Caleb
Hiatt Furniture Store-1835
Challenger Piping-1896 owner George H Fennell
Charles
Dennis Shoe Store-1835
L M Dayton Nut & Bolt Works-1889
David Downard's Brewhouse-1809
Dueber Watch Case Works-1889
Ebert's Meats-1897
Jacob Fowler Ferry-1799
T G Gaylord & Company-1870
Globe Iron Roofing & Corrugating Company-1885 owners Joseph A
& Albert L Andrews
Jefferson
Street Brewery-1866 owner John Butcher
Johnson & Hardy Company-saw mills
Joseph Kennedy Tavern-1802
Thomas Kennedy Ferry-1798
Thomas Kennedy Tavern-1796
Kensington Art Tile Miles-1889
Kenton Iron Company-blast furnace 1860
Jackson Silk Manufacturers-1845 owner William B Jackson
Abraham Kraus Cigar Works-1860
Licking River Saw Mill-1831
I W Livezey & Company- 1853 mill yard and wharf at Jefferson & 6th
William Livingston's Shipyard-1819
Miami Coal Oil Refinery
Miller and Brothers Hardware Company-1870 manufactured tools
Newport Brewery-1849 Monmouth & Liberty owned by Peter Constans
Newport Light Company-1880
Newport Manufacturing Company-1831 cotton bagging, hemp rope, jeans
Newport Rolling
Mills-1880
O'Shaughnessy's Eastern Row Cotton Factory
Rolf Monument-1895
Rope Walk Factory-1790 York St. owners Daniel Mayo & Eli Williams
Rothweiler Manufacturing Company-1889 tin & iron-sheets
Salisbury Steam Mill and Rope Walk-1843
James Smith's Brewhouse-1807
Snow's Canvas Shrinking Works-1897-910 Roberts St
owner Robert F Snow
Southgate & Eubank Dry-goods Merchants-Taylor b Monmouth & Yorke
1840-owned by
Edmund T Eubank and Edward L Southgate
Steinhauer's Bakery-1895 owner John Steinhauer-285 Tibbatts St.
Suburban Electric Illuminating Heating & Power Company of Newport-1890
Swift and Evans Company-rolling mill
Swift's Iron and Steel Works-1858
James Taylor Ferry-1793
H A Wadsworth & Co Watch Case Company-1889
George
Wiedemann Brewery-1890
Wolff's Rolling Mill-1840s owned by Daniel Wolff