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History of industries

List

There are differences, according to the sources available, in the dates when these establishments were founded and became functional.

Year	Industry name	Owners	Products	Capital
1860	Steam Brewery and malt factory	Ştefan Petrina	Beer	–
1861	“C. Kontzelman”. Factory of soap and stearine candles	Bientzle K. and Co.	Soap and stearine candles	–
1864	The Macaroni Factory	Zamphyratos, P.	Macaroni and pasta	–
1869	The Romanian Railways workshop	–	Reparations of locomotives	–
1869	The Factory of Tannery and Footwear	Bradea I. and Sons	Tannery and footwear	–
1872	The Anonymous Society for Exploiting the Forest, Former R. and C. Goetz and Co.	–	Building umber	–
1875	Factory of Gaseous Water	Lieber, Albert Ch.	Gaseous water and lemonade	–
1875	Galaţi Water Company	Hayles, Alfred, Anonymous Company	Filtered water	–
1879	The Navy Arsenal	–	Constructions and repairing of ships	–
1880	The factory of furniture and tapestry	Steinberg, S.	Furniture and tapestry	–
1882	Bread Factory	Malcoci, T.	Bread and ship biscuits	–
1883	The factory of Turkish delight and halva	Marchesinis, D.	Halva, Turkish delight, etc.	–
1886	Factory of Gaseous Water	Rhein, C.	Gaseous water and lemonade	–
1887	“Albina”. Factory of chemical products and tin packages	Fischer, Max and Co.	Blacking, grease, tin boxes, etc.	–
1887	“Apolo” – Factory of stearine candles and soap	Braunştein, Lipa	Soap and stearine candles	–
1887	Bread Factory	Destumis	Bread	–
1889	Flour Factory	Nicolau, Gh.	Wheat and corn flour	–
1889	“Greierul”. Factory of blackening	Ressu C. and Co.	Blacking, grease, tin boxes, etc.	–
1890	“Naţionala” Factory of stearine products and soap	Moessner, I. and Moessner, B.	Soap and stearine candles	–
1890	The First Factory of nails and wire	Geldern, O. de and Melic, Gr.	Iron nails and wire	–
1891	Oil refinery	Moisiu, Gr.	Petroleum, benzene, black oil, etc.	–
1891	The Dockyards and their repairing workshop	–	Grain cleansing, reparation of mechanical installations	–
1892	The “Modern” Printing House	Antoniade, A. P.	Printing materials	–
1893	The Electrical Plant of the Hydraulic Service	–	Electricity for lighting	–
1893	The first Romanian steam factory of pasta and biscuits	Josieck, Ludwig and Co.	Pasta and biscuits	–
1893	The plant of mechanical constructions and iron foundry	Fernic, G. and Co.	Reparations of agricultural and industrial machines	–
1893	“Fleming” Oil Factory	Dowall, M. and Co.	Oil	–
1894	“Leul” (The Lion). Factory of nails and wire	Focşăneanu, Z. and Grünberg, Isidor	Nails and wire	–
1894	Factory of aerial gas	Chovis, Arnauld	Aerial gas	–
1895	“Dunăreana” – Factory of stearine candles	Babad, Iacob	Stearine and wax candles	–
1896	The Factory of Turkish delight and halva	Limberopulo, V. G.	Halva, Turkish delight, etc.	–
1897	“Ancora” – the steam factory for producing candies	Weissenberg, S.	Candies	–
1897	“Siretul”, Factory of gaseous water	Gradea, I. M., Cooperative company	Gaseous water and lemonade	–
1897	Textile factory	Morfi F. And Apostolidis, M.	Cotton, wool, hemp and flex textiles	–
1898	“Westfalia”. Factory of wire and nails	Rentzig, H.	Iron nails and wires	–
1898	The Factory of bricks	Mattiolli and Co.	Bricks	–
1900	The factory of cement slabs, mosaics, and artistic works	Mattioli G. and Co.	Cement slabs, mosaics, cement pipes, etc.	–
1900	The company for the exploitation of electrical tramways	Vandertaelen, Victor	Electricity for tramways	–
1900	“Galaţi” Bread factory	Cooperative company	Bread, loaves and ship biscuits	–
1900	The Flour Factory, formerly Millas	–	Wheat flour	–
1902	“Luna” – Romanian soap factory	Rosentstein, M.	Soap	–
1904	The naval shipyard “G. Fernic & Co.”	Fernic, G.	Ships, ship repairing	–
1905	“Etna" The factory of vegetal oils and plaster	Grimberg Brothers & Co., Selmanovici, O.	Oil, plaster	–
1906	“Butonia”. The first factory of Coros buttons	Schwabb Brothers & Co.	Buttons	–
1906	The factory of ropes	Loevensohn, Lupu	Ropes	–
1906	The first factory of champagne	Kohn, M. & Co.	Champagne, wine	–
1907	“Steaua Română" Oil Refinery	Frisch, Ioseph	Oil	–
1907	First Romanian Factory of nails and wire	Wolf, Const. & Co.	Nails, wire, iron products	1,000,000 lei (in 1908)
1908	The United factories Konzelmann and Moessner	Dichin, Walter	Soap and candles	1,200,000 lei (in 1908)
1909	Heinrich Juster and A. Haldner Factory of rope	Heinrich, Juster and A. Haldner	Rope	–

References

Websites:

Archival sources:

Serviciul Judeţean Galaţi al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Galaţi Branch), Primăria oraşului Galaţi (The Municipality of Galaţi), files starting with 1831.

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