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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
The COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET PLANT (not open to public), 105 Hudson St., covers seven blocks with its 44 buildings, in which soaps, talcums, dentifrices and other products are made. The business began in 18o6 when William Colgate set up his soap kettles in New York. In 1847 the factory was moved to Jersey City and in 1928, through merger with Palmolive-Peet Company, it became one of the world's foremost soap manufacturers.
The site is part of Old Paulus Hook. Up to the turn of the century the Hudson House, the tavern built by the Associates, was part of the plant, as was McCutcheon's Farmer's Hotel, a once famous hostelry.
The COLGATE CLOCK, facing the bay, has kept time for New York harbor over a generation. The present clock, 50 ft. in diameter with a minute hand weighing 2,200 lbs., was erected in 1924 to replace a smaller one; Colgate's advertising department says it is the largest clock in the world. Night workers in lower Manhattan office buildings can read the hour from the illuminated hands.
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