Eliphalet William Bliss was 67 years old at the time of his passing.
Eliphalet Williams Bliss opened his first business in 1867, at the age of 31, producing metal containers (like cans), and made his fortune by growing his business to include munitions. At its height, the E. W. Bliss Company occupied a two-block-long complex at Bush Terminal on the Sunset Park waterfront, as well as factories and workshops in present-day DUMBO.
At the time of his death, the E. W. Bliss Company's plant covered eighty-five city lots and employed 1,300 men; in 1884, it was the largest factory in the world.
Eliphalet Williams Bliss opened his first business in 1867, at the age of 31, producing metal containers (like cans), and made his fortune by growing his business to include munitions. At its height, the E. W. Bliss Company occupied a two-block-long complex at Bush Terminal on the Sunset Park waterfront, as well as factories and workshops in present-day DUMBO.
At the time of his death, the E. W. Bliss Company's plant covered eighty-five city lots and employed 1,300 men; in 1884, it was the largest factory in the world.
Eliphalet William Bliss was 67 years old at the time of his passing.
Eliphalet Williams Bliss opened his first business in 1867, at the age of 31, producing metal containers (like cans), and made his fortune by growing his business to include munitions. At its height, the E. W. Bliss Company occupied a two-block-long complex at Bush Terminal on the Sunset Park waterfront, as well as factories and workshops in present-day DUMBO.
At the time of his death, the E. W. Bliss Company's plant covered eighty-five city lots and employed 1,300 men; in 1884, it was the largest factory in the world.
Eliphalet Williams Bliss opened his first business in 1867, at the age of 31, producing metal containers (like cans), and made his fortune by growing his business to include munitions. At its height, the E. W. Bliss Company occupied a two-block-long complex at Bush Terminal on the Sunset Park waterfront, as well as factories and workshops in present-day DUMBO.
At the time of his death, the E. W. Bliss Company's plant covered eighty-five city lots and employed 1,300 men; in 1884, it was the largest factory in the world.
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