From Building Laws of the City of St. Louis by the J.T. McAnulty publishers (1908). The Miller Elevator Company was located in a substantial building at 9th and Victor streets; the corner here is still occupied by a foundry, although the building appears to have been substantially reclad. Miller produced both passenger and freight elevators, using electricity, steam, hydraulics, belts and hand power, depending on your fancy. Miller Elevator was later bought by the Otis Elevator conglomerate; their offices are now located in Brentwood, Mo.
From Building Laws of the City of St. Louis by the J.T. McAnulty publishers (1908). Click in for a closer look at the goings on at the American Foundry and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis. The foundry produced a variety of goods and was a neighbor to F.W. Hanpeter's Furniture Factory at the time of this advertisement. The advertisement shows the corner of 11th and Hebert at the bottom left, with the face of the building on Hebert Street (with the streetcar). Ironically, the streetcar line was later removed (along with virtually everything visible in the advertisement) for Interstate 70. The location of the American Foundry & Mfg. Co. is now the off-ramp for southbound I-70 and a parking lot. However, Mr. Hanpeter's furniture business building is still standing, albeit barely, at the sharp turn on Palm Street along I-70.
From A Tour of St. Louis by J.A. Dacus and James Buel (1878). Dacus and Buel devoted a full-page print to the William J. Lemp Brewery complex, and what a marvelous complex it was. Located at Second Avenue and Cherokee, it covered multiple blocks and extended to the levee. Although substantial portions of the Lemp Brewery remain, they are occupied by mere pigeons now.
From Saint Louis: The Future Great City of the World by L.U. Reavis (1876). The Collier White Lead and Oil Works, bounded by 10th and Clark, produced a variety of oil and lead products from 1837 to 1889, when it merged with other major lead producers to create the White Lead Trust. It was one of the largest lead production factories in the United States. In 1890, the trust was broken up, and the company was incorporated into the National Lead Company. National Lead was renamed NL Industries in 1971; it is unclear when the facility on Clark Ave. was demolished.
