Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company (No Series) by Farley Jennifer Dawn

Author:Farley, Jennifer Dawn [Farley, Jennifer Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

After many years of development, the Allen and Ginter Tobacco Company put a Bonsack Machine into operation in Richmond in 1881. Other companies throughout the world leased machines as well. What all of the companies discovered, however, was that the machine was unreliable and broke down frequently. In 1884, the Dukes decided to order some Bonsack Machines. The Bonsack Company sent mechanic William T. O’Brien (1854–1906) to Durham to ensure the machines remained in working order for the Dukes. Not only did O’Brien keep the machines in running order, but he also made improvements to them, and the Dukes’ company became the first to send machine-rolled cigarettes to market. On November 17, 1893, the editor of Tobacco wrote, “In the winter of 1887 the writer visited several of the ten existing cigarette factories, but in only one, the Duke factory, was there machines running.” (Courtesy Duke Homestead State Historic Site, Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.)

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