Aerial view of Harmon Colors plant in Haledon, NJ, ca. 1940
The Lake Office in North Haledon housed the Sales/Marketing staff, ca. 1940s
Main entrance to the Harmon Colors plant, 1941.
Aerial view of Harmon Colors plant, ca. 1940s
Aerial view of Harmon Colors, ca. 1960s
Harmon Colors receives State of New Jersey safety award. 2nd from left: Tony Nero, union president; 3rd from left: George Ricks, plant manager; 4th from left: Gob. Brendan Byrne, ca. 1970s
Aerial view of Harmon Colors pigments plant in Haledon, NJ. Oldham Pond, in the northern portion of the property in North Haledon, supplied the plant with fresh water. ca. 1976
Closeup view of Harmon Colors, ca. 1976.
Harmon Colors Corporation management at the Lake Office in North Haledon, NJ, March 23, 1977. Left to right: William Parle, former VP of Allied Chemical; Wilhelm C. Ostern, Executive VP Mobay; Dr. Gerhard Dittmar, Board of Management of Bayer AG; Dr. Heniz Machatzke, President of Harmon Colors; Prof. Dr. Herbert Gruenewald, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG; Helmuth Prochaska, General Manager of Harmon Colors; James H. Alexander, Board Chairman of Harmon Colors. March 23, 1977.
Left: Dr. Gerhard Dittmar, Board of Management of Bayer AG Right: Prof. Dr. Herbert Gruenewald, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG. March 23, 1977.
From Left to Right: Dr. Heinz Machatzke, President of HCC, Mr. James H. Alexander, Board Chairman of HCC, Mr. William C. Ostern, Executive Vice President of Mobay Chemical Corporation, Dr. Gerhard Dittmar, Board of Management of Bayer AG, Mr. Lou Cochet, Manager of Operations of HCC, Prof. Dr. Herbert Gruenwald, Chairman of Board of Management of Bayer AG, Mr. George Ricks, Plant Manager of HCC, Mr. Helmuth Prochaska, General Manager of HCC, March 23, 1977.
Striking OCAW labor union members at main gate to plant, 1979.
Walter Tames, Sales Dept. manager, racking pigment presscake during strike, 1979.
2nd from left: Charles Zaloum, chemist, discharging filter press during 1979 strike.
Salary employee at work during 1979 strike.
Salary employees take lunch break during 1979 strike.
Harmon Colors management on a break while working in the plant during strike, May 1979. Left to right: Helmuth Prochaska, General Manager; Dr. Peter Mertens, Manufacturing Director; Georg Ricks, Plant Manager; Lou Couchet, Administration Manager.
Helmuth Prochaska, Harmon Colors General Manager, working near a filter press during the strike of 1979.
Workers on strike in 1982 challenge incoming truck delivery to Harmon Colors plant.
Striking workers in the rain during strike of 1982.
Aerial view of Harmon Colors, looking east, August 1992.
Tank farm, infrared photo by R.J. Baptista, 1993.
Fresh water lagoon area, infrafred photo by R.J. Baptista, 1993.
Methanol-phosphoric acid recovery unit, infrared photo by R.J. Baptista, 1993.
View of Oldham Pond in North Haledon portion of property. Church Street in rear. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
View of Oldham Pond dam. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Fieldstone building no. 804 was part of an original iron foundry built about 1834. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Boiler room building no. 812 in rear is flanked by production building no. 802 on left and dryer building no. 816 on right. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Don DeBlock, boiler operator, working inside the boiler room. The cast iron doors of the former 1930s coal fired boiler are mounted above the entrance. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Roger Marshall, boiler operator, running boilers. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Chemical operator John Mansfield charges pigment presscake to a tank in building no. 835 for the next process step. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Chemical operator William Meyer charging salt for pigment grinding of Perrindo Maroon R-6434 in building no. 819. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Pressman Jim dooney rolling drum of pigment presscake. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Pressman Al Urbanovich rep[acking red pigment presscake from filter press boxes to drums. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Pressmen Jim Dooney and Al Urbanovich loading presscake on dryer trays. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Pressmen Al Urbanovich and Jim Dooney move racked presscake to dryer room. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Dryer operator Al Carter discharging dried pigment lumps to drums. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Grinding and blending building no. 846 operator Al Granucci discharging cone blender, containing Palomar Blue B-4816, to drums. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Frank Cafiero, grinding and blending operator, topping off drum at 100 pounds net. This was near the end of production at Harmon Colors. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Ron Christman, warehouse building no. 845 forklift driver, loads pigment drums on truck for shipment to a customer. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Mechanic Frank DeMarco dismantling the methanol-phosphoric acid recovery unit. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Production building no. 817 is dismantled. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Welder Ed Becker cuts apart a tray dryer in building no. 810. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Production of Haledon pigments was transferred to newly constructed Bldg. C8-2 in Bushy Park, SC during 1992-1193.
Building no. 844, the four-story brick administration building (a former textile mill) and warehouse building no. 845 were donated to the Borough of Haledon in 1994 for use as a municipal complex. Photo copyright of Wilson Baker, 1993.
Demolition of Plastics Lab building, which was originally the power house for the 4-story brick former textile mill in background, 1993.
New Municipal Building of the Borough of Haledon, 2004.
New Municipal Building of the Borough of Haledon, 2004, showing entranceway.
Borough of Haledon meetings now take place in the refurbished office space of the former Bldg. 844 of Harmon Colors.
