Home of the Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil in Jersey City
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2007-03-20
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I am sure each of us remember the yellow four-inch cedar Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, long associated with test-taking . These pencils were manufactured in this plant in Jersey City at 20 Wayne Street. By 1872, the Dixon Crucible Company was making 86,000 pencils a day and selling them for five cents each. In 1873, the company purchased the assets of land, mills, and water power of the American Graphite Company at Ticonderoga, NY, to enhance its graphite production. Not until 1913, however, was the location of American Graphite added to the brand name "Dixon Ticonderoga" on the pencils. The company name continued as the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company.
Today Dixon Mills is a residential complex in Jersey City.
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The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils, Dixon Mills, Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, Nj, Jersey, The Garden State
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