12-639: Balbach may refer to: Balbach Smelting & Refining Company , a former metal smelting plant in Newark, New Jersey, US Oberbalbach ("Upper Balbach"), a district in Lauda-Königshofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Unterbalbach ("Lower Balbach"), a district in Lauda-Königshofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany People with the surname [ edit ] Edward Balbach , Jr. (1839–1910), president of Balbach Smelting & Refining Company and inventor of
24-597: The Murphy Varnish Works to have open space. An expansion took place between 1926 and 1931. The baseball fields are on the former location of the Balbach Smelting & Refining Company , one of the largest metal processing companies in the country, which closed in the 1920s. In 1996, there was an attempt to build the Newark Bears , Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium at the site of
36-673: The Passaic River which opened in August 2012. A further extension of parkland along the river was announced in June 2016. Work proceeded in 2017. Eventually it will reach Bridge Street Bridge . Currently, SPARK hosts programs in the park including a Learning Program with the New Jersey Historical Society and Greater Newark Conservancy , movie nights and Music and Art Day. This article about
48-512: The Passaic River . The accidents were not limited to workers - in January 1881 a boiler exploded causing a flying brick to strike a sleeping guest in the head through a third floor window at the nearby Balbach family mansion. Riverbank Park Riverbank Park is a park in the Ironbound section of Newark , Essex County , New Jersey , United States. The park was opened in 1910 and
60-579: The 1920s the Balbach operation was closed by its directors in favor of facilities closer to where the ore was mined. The County purchased the factory and converted it to a baseball field, located at Riverbank Park . Factory conditions were difficult. In the 1880s, workers earned $ 1.50 to $ 1.65 a day. (worth $ 51 to $ 56 today). It could also be dangerous, if water seeped into a boiler it turned to steam and could cause an explosion, spraying molten metal onto workers who, if not immobilized, were known to run into
72-624: The Balbachs began to manufacture copper, just in time for a boom in demand thanks to the invention of the telephone and shortly thereafter electricity. In 1883, the factory opened an electrolytic refinery for copper, the first electrolytic refinery in the United States. In December 1910, Edward Balbach Jr. died at the age of 72 and control of the company passed to his daughter Julia's husband Edward Randolph (1870–1919) who had been working there since 1898. In 1919, Edward Randolph died and in
84-563: The United States in 1848 with his father Edward Balbach Sr. (1804–1890), who started the Balbach family fortune by collecting gold and silver dust from Newark jewelry shop floors, turning it into bullion. In 1865, Edward Balbach Jr. patented the " Balbach Process " which separated gold and silver from lead, which in 1872 evolved into something closely resembling the Parkes process , which had been developed earlier (1850) in England. In 1881,
96-629: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balbach&oldid=1191289310 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Balbach Smelting %26 Refining Company 40°43′55″N 74°9′9″W / 40.73194°N 74.15250°W / 40.73194; -74.15250 Balbach Smelting & Refining Company (also known as Balbach and Sons Refining and Smelting Company )
108-406: The metallurgical "Balbach Process" John Balbach (1820–1896), pioneering settler and prominent citizen of San Jose, California Louis Balbach (1896–1943), American diver Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Balbach . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
120-634: The park, demolishing the park. SPARK (Save the Park At RiverbanK) is a community group formed to save the park from destruction. After an unsuccessful attempt to save the park via referendum, they were able to protect it through inclusion in the National Historic Register. SPARK's work also resulted in the remediation of contaminated soil, which was completed in 2003. In August 2011, plans were announced to create Newark Riverfront Park , next door to Riverbank Park along
132-516: Was a smelting plant in Newark, New Jersey operating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was the first commercial electrolytic refinery in the United States, and until its closure in the 1920s, it was the second largest metal processing enterprise in the United States. The company president was Edward Balbach Jr., a metallurgist born in 1839 in Karlsruhe , Baden, Germany . He came to
SECTION 10
#1732802167979144-699: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1998. It is the smallest and one of the most heavily used parks in the Essex County Park System . The park was designed by the Olmsted Brothers , the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted . The park land was acquired in 1907 and construction finished in 1910. A driving force behind the building of the park was Franklin Murphy (governor) who wanted his workers at
#978021