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History of industries

List

Year	Industry name	Owners	Products	Capital
1860	Railways Workshop	Danube Black Sea Railway Company	Repairing rolling stock	–
1879	Romanian Tannery Society	G. Sapatino, later Dracopulos and Mavroghenio, then shareholders	Working hides	–
1880	V. P. Murelli Flour Mill	V. P. Murelli	Flour	–
1880	Romanian Railways workshop	Romanian Railways Service	Repairing rolling stock	–
1881	Ciricliano Brothers’s Tannery	Ciricliano Brothers	Working hides	–
1884	Iulius Gruber Brewery	Iulis Gruber	Beer	–
1887	Factory of Spirits	Th. Dracopulos	Spirits	–
1889	Factory of Soap and Candles	A. Cohen	Soap and candles	–
1895	Factory of Soap and Candles	Paraschiva Cochino	Soap and candles	–
1897	Steaua Română	Shareholders	Barrels and oil boxes	–
1897	G. I. Rignall Mechanical Plant	G. I. Rignall	Agricultural machines	–
1900	Fratelli Bach	Bach Brothers	Barley cleaner	–
–	M. Zamfirescu’s flour plant	M. Zamfirescu	Flour	–
–	Al. Cosma’s Triturator	Al. Cosma	Wheat and rice cleaning	–
1904	Hagianoff & Câmpeanu	Hagianoff & Câmpeanu	Oil refinery	–
1904	Aquilla Franco–Română	Shareholders	Oil refinery	–
1906	Solomon Israel’s Barrels Factory	Solomon Israel	Oil barrels	–
–	Karchel Brothers’ Rope Factory	Karchel brothers	Rope	–
–	Factory of Gaseous Water	G. Marcarian	Gaseous Water	–

References

Archival sources:

Serviciul Judeţean Constanţa al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Constanţa Branch), Primăria municipiului Constanţa (The Municipality of Constanţa), files starting with 1878.

Bibliography:

Ancheta industrială din 1901–1902, vol. I, Industria Mare [The Industrial Census of 1901–1902, vol. I, The Large Industry (Bucharest: Inst. de Arte Grafice “Carol Göbl, 1904).

“Progresele realizate în Dobrogea în timp de 50 de ani în industrie și comerț” [The Progress in Dobrudja in the Last 50 Years in Industry and Trade], in vol. 1878–1928. Dobrogea. Cincizeci de ani de vieaţă românească [1878–1928. Dobrudja. Fifty Years of Romanian Life] (Bucharest: Cultura Naţională, 1928).

Boncu, Constantin M., Boncu, Natalia, Constanţa. Contribuţii la istoricul oraşului [Constanţa. Contributions to the History of the City] (Bucharest: Editura Litere, 1979).

Cheramidoglu, Constantin, “Aşezarea industriei petroliere la Constanţa (1897–1916)” [The Settlement of the Oil Industry at Constanţa (1897–1916)], in vol. Studii istorice dobrogene [Historical Studies on Dobrudja], edited by Valentin Ciorbea (Constanţa: Ovidius University Press, 2003), 104–113.

Cojoc, Mariana , Constanţa – port internaţional. Comerţ exterior al României prin portul Constanţa 1878–1939 [Constanţa – International Port. Romania’s Foreign Trade through the Port of Constanţa 1878–1939] (Bucharest: Cartea Universitară, 2006).

Din tezaurul documentar dobrogean, edited by Marin Stanciu [Tresure of Documents on Dobrudja], edited by Marin Stanciu (Bucharest: Direcţia Generală a Arhivelor Statului din RSR, 1988).

Şerban, Constantin, Şerban, Victoria, “Începuturi de modernizare în oraşul Constanţa (1878–1900)” [Beginnings of Modernisation in Constanţa City (1878–1900)], Comunicări de istorie a Dobrogei [Papers on the History of Dobrudja] (Constanţa: Muzeul de Istorie Naţională şi Arheologie, 1980), vol. I, 57–70.

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