MANUFACTURERS CENSUS LISTING FOR 1871.
1871
BANNERMAN PIPE FACTORY BRANT LANE.
$3000 Fixed Capital Invested.
$1000 Floating Capital Invested.
$4000 Total Invested.
12 Working Months.
Average Number of People Employed.
Male over 16 – 4.
Female over 16 – 24.
Male under 16 – 1.
Female under 16 – 9.
Total Employees 38.
Aggregate amount of Yearly wages $ 5200.
160 tons of pipe clay. Value $ 1600.
Value per ton $ 10.
Annual pipe production 15600 boxes.
Value of $ 13260.00
note: The Henderson and Son census of the same year indicates that one box contained 2.4 gross or 325 pipes. Given 325 pipes to a box;
15600 boxes is equal to 5,070,000 pipes.
Average value per box is $ .85
Daily production would be 5,070,000 pipes divided by 365 days, giving a daily figure of 13,890 pipes. The number of pipes per person per day would be 13,890 divided by 38 employees, assuming all were involved in pipe production, giving a daily output of 365 pipes per person.
