West Haven Fat Rendering
A selected research collection centered on Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation. The name “West Haven Rendering Company” has not been verified. Front Avenue, Allingtown is the evidenced location. No verified reusable factory photographs were found. 1911 directory p.820 prints November 1902; 1918 biography p.456 prints October 1902. OCR mistakenly read the latter year as 1903; visually corrected to 1902.

id: FR-001
title: West Haven’s industrial survey reports fifty workers at West Haven Buckle Company and identifies Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizer Company among local industries
kind: Directories & historical records
date: 1918
summary: West Haven’s industrial survey reports fifty workers at West Haven Buckle Company and identifies Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizer Company among local industries.
url: https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryofn00hille/page/n442/mode/1up
credit: Everett G. Hill; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company; A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, 316; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-002
title: The Allingtown company solicits suet, fat, bones, hides and skins
kind: Advertisements
date: 1908
summary: The Allingtown company solicits suet, fat, bones, hides and skins. Its printed officers include George H. Pfaff, W. J. O’Keefe, F. D. Clark and W. J. Tolhurst.
url: https://archive.org/details/1908-new-haven-ct-directory-full/page/n338/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation; published by Price & Lee; 1908 New Haven CT Directory Full, 708; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-003
title: Advertisement locates the company’s office and works on Front Avenue, Allingtown, and names beef scraps, tallow and glue as manufactured products
kind: Advertisements
date: 1911
summary: Advertisement locates the company’s office and works on Front Avenue, Allingtown, and names beef scraps, tallow and glue as manufactured products.
url: https://archive.org/details/1911-new-haven-ct-directory-full/page/n382/mode/1up
credit: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation; published by Price & Lee; 1911 New Haven CT Directory Full, 773; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
file: images/rendering_ad_1911.jpg
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-004
title: Rendering corporation — 1911 officers, capital and date
kind: Directories & historical records
date: 1911
summary: Corporate listing names Front Avenue works, $100,000 capital, George H. Pfaff as president/general manager and W. J. Tolhurst as treasurer/secretary; it gives November 1902 as incorporation month.
url: https://archive.org/details/1911-new-haven-ct-directory-full/page/n407/mode/1up
credit: Price & Lee; 1911 New Haven CT Directory Full, 820; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
file: images/rendering_corporation_1911.jpg
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-005
title: Jacob Winchell Everett’s biography identifies him as president of the Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation and describes its cooperative Allingtown plant
kind: Directories & historical records
date: 1918
summary: Jacob Winchell Everett’s biography identifies him as president of the Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation and describes its cooperative Allingtown plant. The printed incorporation date is October 1902.
url: https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryofn00hill/page/n514/mode/1up
credit: Everett G. Hill; S. J. Clarke Publishing Company; A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, 456; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
file: images/rendering_everett_1918.jpg
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-006
title: Three separately listed tallow renderers, 1911
kind: Directories & historical records
date: 1911
summary: Three separately named tallow renderers appear together: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation, L. T. Frisbie Co., and New Haven Rendering Co. This evidence prevents conflating their addresses or business histories.
url: https://archive.org/details/1911-new-haven-ct-directory-full/page/n442/mode/1up
credit: Price & Lee; 1911 New Haven CT Directory Full, 890; Internet Archive
notes: Public domain in the United States: published before 1931. Faithful crop of the historic scan; no generated imagery. Cropped to the original advertisement, portrait, or relevant printed text; resized and JPEG-optimized. Original lettering and image content retained. publication year; image creation may be earlier
file: images/tallow_renderers_1911.jpg
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-007
title: Historical directory: 1919
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1919
summary: Corporation remains listed in Front Avenue street guide, without a numeric street address.
url: https://archive.org/details/1919-new-haven-ct-directory-abridged-connecticut
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source. Catalog facts and source notes are included; the full publication is not necessarily reproduced. A finding aid or retrospective is not an original corporate filing.
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-008
title: 1905 New Haven directory
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Date described in source
summary: Primary listing corroborates November 1902 incorporation and Front Avenue rendering works; ad reference p.1036 not present in abridged scan.
url: https://archive.org/details/1905NewHavenCTDirectoryAbridged
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source. Catalog facts and source notes are included; the full publication is not necessarily reproduced. A finding aid or retrospective is not an original corporate filing.
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-009
title: Connecticut corporation charters and Secretary of State records
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Date described in source
summary: Lead only; seek original 1853 buckle charter, 1902 rendering incorporation filing, and American Buckle & Cartridge filings to resolve month and succession discrepancies.
url: https://portal.ct.gov/sots
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source. Catalog facts and source notes are included; the full publication is not necessarily reproduced. A finding aid or retrospective is not an original corporate filing.
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: FR-010
title: West Haven Historical Society
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Date described in source
summary: Lead only for original factory photographs and institutional rights clearance.
url: https://westhavenhistory.org/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source. Catalog facts and source notes are included; the full publication is not necessarily reproduced. A finding aid or retrospective is not an original corporate filing.
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institution: Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corporation
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id: ED-L-FR-ADD-001
title: West elevation of Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp. — survey view 001
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-08-04
institution: West Haven Fat Rendering
summary: The former rendering plant at 239 Front Avenue, photographed facing east during the preservation survey.
url: https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/connecticut-fat-rendering-and-fertilizing-corp
credit: Preservation Connecticut, Making Places; Lucas A. Karmazinas
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Two distinct linked photographs have identical survey captions; retain numbering rather than inventing different directions. New source. Survey later notes 2018 fire and 2022 demolition; photo predates both. Reuse: Permission required; no open license; site © Making Places
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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id: ED-L-FR-ADD-002
title: West elevation of Connecticut Fat Rendering and Fertilizing Corp. — survey view 002
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-08-04
institution: West Haven Fat Rendering
summary: The former rendering plant at 239 Front Avenue, photographed facing east during the preservation survey.
url: https://connecticutmills.org/find/details/connecticut-fat-rendering-and-fertilizing-corp
credit: Preservation Connecticut, Making Places; Lucas A. Karmazinas
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Two distinct linked photographs have identical survey captions; retain numbering rather than inventing different directions. New source. Survey later notes 2018 fire and 2022 demolition; photo predates both. Reuse: Permission required; no open license; site © Making Places
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accessed: 2026-09-12
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external_image_url: https://connecticutmills.org/uploads/main_images/1480219254.jpg
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