Daniel B. Hinckley

Daniel B. Hinckley, founder of the Fulton Iron Works and senior member of the firm of Hinckley, Spiers & Hayes, is one of the pioneer manufacturers on the Pacific coast.  Born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in 1826, he learned from his uncle the trade of molder, and when the gold excitement was at its height he and an elder brother started for California, bringing an equipment for a small foundry, and landed in San Francisco May 25, 1850.  They established the business which was the nucleus of the Pacific Iron Works, and was at first owned jointly by their uncle and the elder brother; but Daniel purchased the uncle's interest soon after starting in the business.  At the end of a year the brothers sold out and returned East, where Daniel B. remained eighteen months.  On his return to San Francisco he, with others, founded the business in 1855 out of which has grown the Fulton Iron Works.

 

Transcribed 9-7-04  Marilyn R. Pankey