Bachmann's Brewery
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The Mayer Bachmann’s Brewery was the largest of the half-dozen breweries on Staten Island
before its destruction by fire in 1881.
The brewery occupied the block bounded by Forest (Now Ditson), Maple (Now Lynhurst), Willow, and Tompkins Avenue
s in the village of Clifton
. Constructed in 1851, it was the first lager beer factory on Staten Island
. Originally named the "Clifton Brewery", it was financed in a joint venture between Antonio Meucci
and Giuseppe Garibaldi
. Comprising a number of brick buildings from three to four stories in height, it bordered rail road tracks of the right of way between the Staten Island Railway
(also known as SIR, and formerly known as SIRT) and the former South Beach branch of SIRT. When it became Bachmann's brewery, SIRT had a station built with a wooden platform solely for the convenience of the employees of the brewery.
The brewery operated until October 31, 1881, when the factory was destroyed by fire. According to an SIRT time table from 1921, the train station remained in service or was reactivated sometime before. By 1937, it stood in the shadow of the Chestnut Avenue overpass and the Lynhurst Avenue pedestrian overpass (both part of the SIRT's grade elimination program). Since the factory was no longer there and the Rosebank station was but a mere tenth of a mile away, the station became redundant. Later that same year, it was abandoned and razed.
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
before its destruction by fire in 1881.
The brewery occupied the block bounded by Forest (Now Ditson), Maple (Now Lynhurst), Willow, and Tompkins Avenue
Tompkins Avenue
Tompkins Avenue is a mostly residential yet primary east-west artery that runs through the Fort Wadsworth, Rosebank, Shore Acres, Clifton, and Stapleton neighborhoods of New York City, in the borough of Staten Island, New York.-History and Nature of Route:...
s in the village of Clifton
Clifton, Staten Island
Clifton or Park Hill is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. It is an older waterfront neighborhood, facing Upper New York Bay on the east...
. Constructed in 1851, it was the first lager beer factory on Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
. Originally named the "Clifton Brewery", it was financed in a joint venture between Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian inventor, a compatriot of revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. He was best known for developing a voice communication apparatus which several sources credit as the first telephone....
and Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
. Comprising a number of brick buildings from three to four stories in height, it bordered rail road tracks of the right of way between the Staten Island Railway
Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...
(also known as SIR, and formerly known as SIRT) and the former South Beach branch of SIRT. When it became Bachmann's brewery, SIRT had a station built with a wooden platform solely for the convenience of the employees of the brewery.
The brewery operated until October 31, 1881, when the factory was destroyed by fire. According to an SIRT time table from 1921, the train station remained in service or was reactivated sometime before. By 1937, it stood in the shadow of the Chestnut Avenue overpass and the Lynhurst Avenue pedestrian overpass (both part of the SIRT's grade elimination program). Since the factory was no longer there and the Rosebank station was but a mere tenth of a mile away, the station became redundant. Later that same year, it was abandoned and razed.