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railroad track supplies, the Rensselaer Iron works department to the manufacture of merchant steel, tire, tie-plates, spikes and steel for agricultural implements; the Bessemer steel works department to the production of merchant steel and billets for steel wire; and the blast furnaces to the manufacture of Bessemer pig iron. In the summer of 1896 the Troy Steel company, successor to the Troy Steel and Iron company, began operating the improved plant on Breaker Island. The reorganized company is capitalized at $2,500,000 and its officers are: President, Frank S. Witherbee of Port Ilenry, N. Y .; vice president and general manager, George A. Bell; secretary and general sales agent, Frank W. Edmunds; chief engineer and general superintendent, E. D. Arnold; directors, H. H. Rogers, Frank S. Witherbee, William Kemp, Junius S. Morgan, George A, Bell, Hamilton 11. Durand and Philip G. Bartlett. The output of the reorganized concern is to be steel produced by the basic process. The plant consists of the three blast fur- naces erected several years ago, each eighty feet high; the cupola and converting works 300 feet south of the blast furnaces; the extractor building, 100 feet south of the converting works; the furnace and blooming mill building, twenty-five feet south of the extractor build- ing; the boiler house, fifty feet west of the blooming mill buildings; the engine house, machine shop and the new office, north of the boiler honse. The capacity of the works is about 200 tons of basic steel per day.
The Burden Iron company's works originated from the rolling and slitting mill erected in 1809 on the south bank of the Wynants kill at the upper fall. In 1813 the Troy Iron and Nail Factory company, composed of John Converse, Nathaniel Adams, Ruggles Whiting, Henry Delavan and C. F. Backus, purchased the plant; and in 1822 llenry Burden, a Scotch engineer who had been manufacturing agri- cultural implements in Albany for two or three years, became its super- intendent. Mr. Burden was a seientifie worker and he invented many appliances which brought him fame and the foundations for a vast fortune. One of the greatest of these was a machine for the manufacture of "T" and "HI" rails, which in 1836 were beginning to supersede the flat rails on the railroads of the country. Three years later he invented what was known as " Burden's rotary concentric squeezer," which soon came into use throughout the entire iron manufacturing world. So great was Mr. Burden's success that in 1848 he became proprietor of the factory. During the War of the Rebellion he made many thou-
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sands of horseshoes for the cavalry in the army, all being the product of a machine which he had invented a few years before, and which, sinee then, has come into use in several European countries. The average output of the mills for years has been over 10,000,000 horseshoes per annum. In 1864 the firm of HI. Burden & Sons was founded. William F. Burden died December 7, 1867, when the three other members of the firm continued the business. Henry Burden died January 19, 1871, after which James A. and I. Townsend Burden, brothers, conducted the works under the name of H. Burden & Sons. June 30, 1881, the Burden iron company was incorporated with a capital stock of $2,000, - 000, and has since been in control of this mammoth industry.
The Troy Malleable Iron company, whose works are located at Green Island, was founded in 1850 by George Harrison and William Knight. E. Warren Paine was admitted to the firm in 1854, a few years later being succeeded by John W. Paine. The succeeding firms were Har- rison, Kellogg & Co. (George Harrison, James H. Kellogg and John Dunn), 1865; Harrison & Kellogg, 1869; Troy Malleable Iron com- pany (William Sleicher, jr., William A. Griffin and Waldo K. Chase), 1881. The present company was incorporated May 1, 1884.
The establishment of the Gilbert Car company's works has been de- cribed in preceding pages. In 1862 the partnership of Eaton, Gilbert & Co. was dissolved, and Uri Gilbert continued the business until 1863, when William E. Gilbert became associated in it with his father, under the firm name of Uri Gilbert & Son. In August, 1861, a part of the car works were burned New buildings were erected and the business greatly enlarged. During the war about 500 gun-carriages for the United States government were made at the works. In 1861 the firm of Uri Gilbert & Son was succeeded by that of Gilbert, Bush & Co., the former partners admitting Walter R. Bush into the business. In 1867 Edward G. Gilbert and Walter R. Bush, jr., were admitted into part- nership, and in 1869 1. O. Hansom. In 1872 the latter withdrew. The firm of Gilbert, Bush & Co. was sueceeded by the Gilbert & Bush company on January 1, 1879. On August 25, 1882, the Gilbert Car Manufacturing company was organized and took control of the busi- ness. William E. Gilbert was vice-president and treasurer of the eom- pany and Fred. S. Young assistant president and secretary. August 15, 1893, Justice Stephen L. Mayham of the Supreme Court granted judgments against the company aggregating nearly $150,000, and the sheriff of Albany county took possession of the plant on Green Island, where it had been located for forty years.
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There was a time, not many years ago, when Troy was celebrated as the home of the stove industry in the United States. For years- and even now-stoves made in Troy were sent to all parts of the world. There are still several prosperous stove concerns in Troy, but the out- put of the city is not what it was a score of years ago. In 1821 Charles and Nathaniel Starbuck and Ephraim Gurley began the casting of stove plates, in that year succeeding Hanks, Gurley & Co .- Alpheus and Truman Hanks and Ephraim Gurley -- who, in 1818, built the Troy Air Furnace, the first foundry in Troy. In 1823 the Eagle Furnace, afterward known as the Rensselaer, was erected by Nazro & Curtis, who were succeeded in 1828 by L. Stratton & Son. After this the plant was run by Johnson & Geer (Elias Johnson and Gilbert Geer), 1834; Johnson, Geer & Cox, 1840; Johnson & Cox, 1846; Johnson, Cox & Fuller, 1850; Cox, Warren, Morrison & Co., 1854; Fuller, War- ren & Morrison, 1855; and Fuller, Warren & Co., 1859. The Fuller & Warren company was incorporated December 31, 1881, with a capital of $00,000, the first trustees being Joseph W. Fuller, John Hobart Warren, Charles W. Tillinghast, Walter A. Wood and Walter P. War- ren. The company's property-the Clinton Stove works -- covers six aeres of ground, bounded by Madison, River and Monroe streets and the Hudson river.
The Empire Stove works of George W. Swett & Co., on the northwest and southwest corners of Second and Ida streets, are the second oldest in the city. The Empire Foundry, now managed by Wm. A. Felton for the estate of George W. Swett, succeeded the firm of Swett, Quimby & Co., which originated in the foundry of Anson Atwood, founded in 1844. The succeeding firms were At wood & Cole in 1815; Atwood, Cole & Crane in Isto; Pease, Keeney & Co. in 1848; Clark, Keeney & Co. in 1850; Fel- ton, Keeney & Co. in 1851; Swett, Quimby & Co. in 1852; Swett, Quimby & Perry in 1867; Geo. W. Swett & Co. in 1883; Empire Stove Works, Geo. W. Swett, proprietor, in 1893. Up to Mr. Swett's death in 1895 this house had the experience of fifty years in the stove and machinery business. Stoves and ranges made by this house are well known all over the country. The heaviest castings ever made in Troy (one weighing twenty-eight tons) have been turned out at this foundry. The most remarkable fact connected with the Empire Foundry is that it has been longer in continuous existence under one management than perhaps any other business concern in Troy. The firm of Swett, Quimby & Co.
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succeeded Felton, Keeney & Co. in 1852. Swett, Quimby & Co. bought the Empire Foundry of Amory Felton, and made in some years as high as 5,000 stoves and 10,000 oil stoves. As many as 300 men were em- ployed and 130 tons of iron melted weekly when in full operation, in- eluding the car wheel department (Jonas S. Heartt & Co.), of which they turned out as many as 25, 000 wheels per year. Swett, Quimby & Co. were equal partners with Jonas S. Heartt in this branch of the busi- ness carried on at this foundry.
The Bussey & MeLeod Stove company occupies a plant cover- ing four acres of ground on the east side of Oakwood avenue north of Hoosick street, erected in 1863 by the firm composed of Esek Bussey, Charles A. Meleod and John O. Merriam, organized that year. The firm was succeeded December 30, 1882, by the Bussey & MeLeod Stove company, of which Esek Bussey is president, Charles A. Mc- Leod vice-president, Esek Bussey, jr., treasurer and Sayre MeLeod Secretary. Among the other stove firms, Burdett, Smith & Co. was organized in 1871 to succeed L. Potter & Co., established in 1853. Since 1883 the firm has been composed of Edward Burdett and W. Stone Smith. The firm of J. C. Henderson & Co. succeeds Shavor & Henderson, established in 1869; Sheldon, Green & Co., 1870; Shavor & Henderson, 1822; J. C. Henderson, 1836, and J. C. Henderson & Co. (James A. Henderson), 1885. Burtis & Mann, established in 1883, were succeeded by Herbert R. Mann. The stove works of Andrew B. B. Fales were established in 1835 by A. M. Stratton, Mr. Fales becom- ing proprietor in 1872.
The stove linings and fire brick works of the MeLeod & Henry com- pay were established in 1821 by Jacob Henry. Bacon & Henry suc- ceeded him, and they, in turn were succeeded by Harvey S. Mcleod in 1882. The Melseod & Henry company was formed February 1, 1887.
The Wayside Knitting Company was incorporated in the summer of 1888 with William II. Rowe as president, P. D. Kane as treasurer and Peter MeCarthy as secretary. The first location of the firm was the old Brookside mill on Ida hill. They removed to their new quarters on Glen avenue in 1892 For over three years the mills have been operated night and day, and the output is exceeded by but few mills in the United States. Peter McCarthy succeeded P. D. Kane as treas- urer, and M. C. Rowe succeeded Peter McCarthy as secretary in 1890. William H. Rowe, jr., succeeded Peter MeCarthy as treasurer in 1891
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and J. P. W. Rowe succeeded M. C. Rowe as secretary in 1894. L. E. Shaver has always been superintendent of the mill.
The Commercial Knitting Mills company was organized in Decem . ber, 1889, with a capital stock of $50,000 and these officers: President, F. M. Aufsesser; secretary and treasurer, Jonas M. Barnet; directors, F. M. Aufsesser, Jonas M. Barnet, Gates Barnet and William Barnet. The mills are located on Ida hill.
The Rob Roy Hosiery company, of which Charles A. Brown is pres- ident and Theodore F. Barnum is treasurer, was organized October 16, 1882, and its factory was completed and ready for occupancy in the spring of 1883. The capital stock of the company is $50,000, and the officers chosen at the first election were: President, Charles A. Brown; vice-president, Charles A. McLeod; treasurer, Theodore F. Barnum; secretary, Charles L. Alden. The company turns out immense quan . tities of knit goods annually.
Another prominent industry is the manufacture of paper, begin in 1792 in a mill on the Poesten kill. About 1804 David Buel erected another mill on the Wynants kill near Albia, but it was destroyed by a flood in 1814. Soon after he built another near the site of the old one. . The manufacture of paper was continued there in 1819 by Field & Stone, by Wilson & Bird in 1828, by Joseph T. & Thomas Howland in 1831, by Peleg Ilowland in 1840, by Joseph Smart in 1853, by Joseph W. and Andrew J. Smart in 1858 and by Robert T. Smart in 1875. In 1858 Robert T. Smart purchased the flouring mill of Jonathan Rich- ardson in Albia and began the manufacture of paper there. From 1868 to 1823 the business was conducted by D. D. Tompkins, when Robert 'T. Smart again became proprietor. In 183; A. & W. Oft began the manufacture of wall paper at No. 11 Congress street, removing two years later to No. 265 River street. In 1844 William O. Cunningham was admitted to the firm, which became A. & W. Orr & Co. In 1857 the firm built the Troy paper mill on the hydraulic canal. In 1868 Alex- ander M. Orr became associated in the business. That year Alexander Orr died and the following year Mr. Cunningham retired and Frederick WV. Orr became a partner, the firm name being changed to Orrs & Co. In 1883 the firm bought the Mount Vernon flour mill, which was con- verted into a paper mill. February 1, 1885, S. Alexander Orr, son of William Orr, was admitted to the firm, the name being unchanged. In 1846 Manning & Howland (William HI. Manning and Gardner How- land) built the Mount Ida paper mill on the Poesten kill, west of Ida
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falls. Calvin Williams subsequently became interested with the firm but sold out in 1850 to Reuben Peckham. William H. Manning died in 1855 and John A. Manning became a partner in 1862. Reuben Peckham died in 1887, William M. Peckham, his son, succeeding to his interest, the firm being known as Manning & Peckham. In 1866 John A. Manning and E. Warren Paine, under the name of Manning & Paine, began making manilla paper at the Olympus mills on River street. Since 1883 John A. Manning has also been making manilla paper at the Crystal Palace mill on River street.
The Ludlow Valve Manufacturing company was founded in 1866 at Waterford. In 1872 a large plant was erected in Lansingburgh, where the business developed to such great proportions that in 1896 the com- pany purchased a part of the old property of the Troy Steel and Iron company, known as the Rensselaer rail mill, in the southern part of the city, where the refitting of the large plant was at once begun. Henry G. Ludlow for many years has been the principal stockholder in the company. John T. Christie is its president.
The Ross Valve company was organized February 16, 1882, with K. II. McClellan as president and T. A. Clexton as secretary and treas- urer, and with a capital stock of $11,000. George Ross succeeded to the presidency September 13, 1886, and has since held that position. The capital stock was increased to $40,000 September 12, 1890. The main office is on Oakwood avenue, where the works are located.
It has long been the boast of Troy that the bells made in the city are heard in every civilized country on earth. As early as 1825 Julius Ilanks established a bell foundry at the northeast corner of Fifth avenue and Fulton street, continuing the business until 1510. Eber Jones and James IL. Hitchcock began the casting of bells in 1852 on the northwest corner of Adams and First streets, and in 1851 in their foundry on the southwest corner of the same streets. In 1859 Eber Jones and H. J. King succeeded to the business; in 1865 Eber Jones, Octavus Jones and Sylvanus Birch; in 1867 Octavus Jones and Marcus R. Jones, and in 1873 the Jones Bell Foundry company, which discon- tinued business in May, Isst.
Clinton H. Menecly and George H. Kimberly began the mannfac- ture of bells in 1869 on the east side of River street between Washing- ton and Adams streets. The firm dissolved in 1879 and was succeeded by the Clinton H. Meneely Bell company, which was organized January 1, 1880.
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In 1793, perhaps earlier, Colonel Stephen J. Schuyler ran a brewery in Troy. Other breweries have been established as follows: Kennedy & Murphy, originally owned by Charles Hurstfield and Thomas Trenor, who started in 1820; succeeded in 1823 by Read & Armstrong; Read, Armstrong & Co., 1832; Read & Son, 1837; M. P. Read & Bros., 1841; Read & Bros., 1817; Arba Read, 1856; Read Bros, 1852; Dunn & Kennedy, 1867, and Kennedy & Murphy (William Kennedy and Ed- ward Murphy, jr. ), 1867. The plant known as the Excelsior brewery is located on the south side of Ferry street. The Garryowen brewery was established in 1866 by the Fitzgerald Brothers, Michael, John and Edmund Fitzgerald. Michael Fitzgerald died in 1870 and John Fitzger- ald in 1885, since which the business has been conducted by Ednund Fitzgerald.
The flouring mills of O. Boutwell & Son were established in 1832 by Oliver Boutwell, on the hydraulie eanal at the State dam. In 1866 Charles A. Boutwell, son of Oliver Boutwell, beeame interested in the business, and since the death of the latter in 1888 has conducted it alone under the firm name.
Julins Hanks began the manufacture of surveyors' instruments in Troy as early as 1825. His son Oscar continued the business from 1829 to 1846 on the northeast corner of Fulton street and Fifth avenue. In 1842 Jonas HI. Phelps began the business, three years later forming a partnership with William Gurley. In 1851 Lewis E. Gurley was ad- mitted to the firm, the Gurley brothers purchasing the interest of Mr. Phelps the following spring. Soon after they erected a building on Fulton street. This was destroyed by the fire of 1862, when they im- mediately began the erection of the present structure. William Gurley died in 188;, since which Lewis E. Gurley has continued the business under the firm name of W. & L. E. Gurley.
The firm of W. H. Tolhurst & Son, makers of laundry machinery, was established in 1856 by William II. Tolhurst. In 1881 the present works on the northeast corner of Sixth and Fulton streets were estab- lished, and January 1, 1884, Charles H. Tolhurst, son of William H. Tolhurst, was admitted to the firm. The Troy Laundry Machinery company, Limited, was incorporated January 1, 1881, occupying the building on the north side of Fulton street the following February.
Coon Brothers, eollar manufacturers, were established in Deeember, 1894, when W. HI. Coon and D. B. Coon purchased from C. F. Crosby & Co. their department of manufacturing laundered shirts, collars and
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cuffs, C. F. Crosby & Co. continuing to manufacture unlaundered stock as before. The factory was first located at 312 River street, but has since been moved to Nos. 1935-1937 Sixth avenue. The concern also operates a branch factory at Glens Falls. C. A. Coon entered the firm in October, 1895
The senior member of the firm of Joseph Bowman & Sons, who engaged in the manufacture of collars and cuffs with Wm. F. Moseley, under the name of Bowman & Moseley in 1853, re engaged in the busi- ness in 1876 at Nos. 485 and 487 River street. In 1882 he and his sons, Cassius M. and Joseph, jr., entered into their present partnership. In 1880 they moved to Nos. 386 and 388 River street, and in 1884 moved to their present location, Nos. 553 to 559 Federal street.
The International Shirt and Collar company is another prominent industry of recent date. Its plant is located at Nos. 2 to 20 River street, and it also has branch houses in Boston, New York and Chicago. The officers of the company are: President, F. Beiermeister, jr .; first vice-president, Charles F. Beiermeister; second vice-president, James A. Miller; treasurer, George A. Spicer; secretary, Thomas H. Cam- pion.
The largest mercantile establishment in the city of Troy, and one of the largest in New York State, outside of New York city, is that of William H. Frear & Co., located on Cannon place. In 1893 Mr. Frear had the distinction of conducting a larger retail dry goods business than any other individual merchant in an American city of the size of Troy. In February, 1859, Mr. Frear came to Troy, and March 1 of that year entered the dry goods store of John Flagg at No. 12 Fulton street as a salesman. February 11, 1365, he and Sylvanus Haverly formed the partnership of Haverly & Frear. March 9 of that year they opened a dry goods store at No. 322 River street. By articles of agreement drawn January 29, 1868, John Flagg became a copartner March 16, 1868, the firm taking the name of Flagg, Haverly & Frear. April 9 of the same year the firm occupied the stores at Nos. 3 and 4 Cannon place. January 2, 1869, Mr. Haverly withdrew and the firm name was changed to that of Flagg & Frear. March 1, 1874, the part- nership expired and Mr. Frear came into possession of the business. On several occasions he enlarged the establishment by renting and re- fitting adjoining rooms, until he finally obtained the entire block. In 1894 he admitted his son, Charles W. Frear, and his brother, Edwin A. Frear, into the business, under the firm name of William 11. Frear & Co.
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The Andrew M. Church company, Limited, which occupies nearly all the first floor under Rand's Opera house, was founded in 1841 at No. 42 Congress street by Edmund Cole. He was succeeded in 1846 by George Bristol and in 1858 the firm was composed of the latter and Edward E. Belden. From 1861 to 1863 Mr. Bristol continued the busi- ness alone, in the latter year being joined by Andrew M. Church and George H. MeFarland. Mr. MeFarland withdrew in 1866 and two years later Mr. Bristol died, when Mr. Church and Miss Flavia Bristol continued the business. February 1, 1880, Mr. Church and Patrick Phalen formed the firm of Church & Phalen, and they were succeeded in 1887 by the Andrew M. Church company, Limited.
The wholesale dry goods house of Converse, Collins, Merrill & Co. was established- in 1806 by Laban Gardner and Henry Vail, and was succeeded in 1802 by Henry and George Vail In 1830 Ebenezer Proudfit became a member of the firm. In 1832 Henry Vail withdrew and the concern was composed of George Vail, Ebenezer Proudfit and James L. Van Schoonhoven. George Vail retired in 1835 and his son, D. Thomas Vail, was admitted to the firm. The succeeding firms were Van Schoonhoven, Proudfit & Co, 1852; Van Schoonhoven, Fisk & Holmes, 1859; Van Schoonhoven, Fisk & Converse, 1865; Converse, Cary & Co., 1872; Converse, Peekham & Co., 1823; Converse, Peck- ham & Vilas, 1877; Converse, Peckham & Co., 1881 ; Converse, Col- lins, Merrill & Co. (Perrin W. Converse, Cornelins V. Collins, Carlton II. Merrill and William A. Meeker), 1884.
The house of G. V. S. Quackenbush & Co. was founded in 1824 by Gerrit Van Schaick Quaekenbush, who soon formed a partnership with William C. Miller, the first store being on River street north of State. The firm was dissolved in 1826, when Mr. Quackenbush and Edwin Smith formed the firm of Packenbush & Smith. Mr. Smith withdrew in 1828 and Mr. Quackenbush continued the business alone until 1837, when he entered into a partnership. with William Lee. From 1839 to 1841 the firm had a branch store at No. 3 Franklin square. From the latter year to 1865 Mr. Quackenbush conducted the business alone. In 1865 a new firm was established, composed of Mr. Quackenbush, his son Gerrit, Samuel Lasell and William H. Sherman. Frederick Bullis entered the firm in 1868. Gerrit Quackenbush died May 8, 1869, and the surviving members continued the business until 1872, when the founder of the house passed away. February 1, 1873, Samuel H. La- sell and William H1. Sherman succeeded to the business, and have since
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conducted it on the southeast corner of Broadway and Third street un- der the firm name of G. V. S. Quackenbush & Co.
Henry H. Darling, Brother & Co. is a wholesale house which traces its origin to the firm of Dauchy & Rose, founded in 1834. Its succes- sors were: Samuel Dauchy, 1839; Dauchy & Conkey, 1842; Danchy & Flood, 1845; Dauchy, Flood & Co., 1852; Dauchy, Lee & Co., 1853; Dauchy & Flack, 1856; Dauchy & Amadon, 1859; Burr & C. II. Dauehy, 1864; Dauchys & Darling, 1865; Simmons & Darling, 1868; Simmons, Darling & Co., 1873; Henry II. Darling & Bro., 1879; Ilenry 11. Darling, Brother & Co., 1886; the other members of the firm being Edwin E. Darling and T. Lee Benedict.
J. M. Warren & Co., the oldest hardware house in Troy, originated in 1809 in the partnership then formed by Jacob Hart and Henry Nazro. The first firm's successors were: Hart & Pitcher, 1821; Craft, Hart & Pitcher, 1824; Hart & Pitcher, 1830; Pitcher, Hart & Card, 1832; Isaac B. Hart, 1832; Hart, Lesley & Warren, 1836; Warrens, Hart & Lesley, 1840 (Joseph M. Warren entering the firm); J. M. Warren & Co. (Joseph M. Warren and Charles W. Tillinghast), 1855. February 1, 1864, Walter P. Warren was admitted to the firm, and in 1867 Thomas A. Tillinghast. In 18:1 the former withdrew and in 1879 the latter died. In 1887 J. M. Warren & Co. became incorporated, the members of the concern then being Joseph M. Warren, Charles W. Tillinghast, Joseph J. Tillinghast, C. Whitney Tillinghast, 2nd, Fred- erick A. Leeds, II. F. Wood and H. S. Darby.
The firm of Squires, Sherry & Galusha originated in 18441 with the firm of Hakes & Battershall, which was succeeded in 1845 by Hakes, Buttershall & Weed and in 1816 by Battershall & Weed. In 185? the firm became Battershall & MeDoual and in 1855, by the admission of John Sherry, Battershall, MeDoual & Co. In 1858 Norman B. Squires succeeded Ludlow A. Battershall, the firm becoming MeDoual, Squires & Sherry. In 1860 Henry Galusha was admitted to the firm, and in 1882 James H. Sherry, who had been admitted in 1874, died. Arthur G. Sherry entered the firm in 1883 and Franklin H. Whitney in 1891. Jolin Sherry died in 1893 and the remaining partners conduct the busi- ness under the old name.
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