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Sketch of Chattanooga Coffin and Casket Company Factory

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Title
Sketch of Chattanooga Coffin and Casket Company Factory
Description
The Chattanooga Coffin Company Factory,

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Title
Sketch of Chattanooga Coffin and Casket Company Factory
Description
The first known coffin factory of the state, the Chattanooga Coffin Company factory is founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The factory was founded by an investor from Ohio and “local capitalists.” By 1890, the factory supposedly produced “over 500 coffins each week.” Similar large-scale coffin businesses followed in Cleveland, Maryland, and Knoxville, as well as smaller operations such as Thomas Hurst's coffin factory in Lone Mountain, Tennessee.
Newspaper Title
Chattanooga Daily Times
Publication Date
8 December 1892
Page Number
32
Publishing Location
Chattanooga, TN
Individuals
N/A
Services:
Coffin and Casket Manufacturing
Language
English
Source
Newspapers.com

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Citation

“Sketch of Chattanooga Coffin and Casket Company Factory,” East Tennessee Undertakers Project, accessed November 3, 2026, https://johnwwallace.com/OmekaClassic/items/show/12.

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