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FinnAmerican1979
03-19-2020, 10:01 PM
By 1886, there were more than 18 large fireworks factories in the northern states. Turning out millions worth of pyrotechnics annully. The chief seat for this class is East New York and Williamsburg.
One of the earliest fireworks companies in the U.S. was the Rochester Fireworks Company established in 1836.

Parachute rockets were popular in the nineteenth century.
Assorted cases ranged in price from $10- $200.
A $50 case (in 1886) could contain:
*336 colored Roman Candles
*144 Sky Rockets
*24 Flower Pots
*18 Bengal Lights
*16 Colored Triangle Wheels
*21 Mines of Colored Stars
*6 Colored Vertical Wheels
*6 dozen Pin Wheels
*12 dozen Colored Lights
*24 sticks Chinese punk and one Unexcelled colored show bill