Newark Atlas Maps showing the Wiss Factory Property: 1873-1926

There are five maps below. Also see Sanborn Maps. These maps are from the Newark Public Library's Digital Collection.

This 1873 map is pre-factory. Littleton Ave. is along the right edge. The block on the left side eventually became a parking lot for the factory. Source map: Newark Atlas, Part of 11th Ward.

1889 Map. The factory was completed in 1887. Ample property had been bought for expansion. Source Map: Plate 26

1901 Map. The factory has been extended some to the south. Source Map: Plate 24

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1911 Map. The factory has expanded considerably. More property has been bought. The Valley Forge Cutlery plant on S. 6th St. was bought by Wiss, and after the 1914 purchase, they moved the Heinisch operations into it. For years later the building was known as the Heinisch Building. Source Map: Plate 22

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1926-27 Map. The factory has expanded again. All the buildings on S. 6th St are now incorporated into the complex. Source Map: Vol. 1, Plate 5