As described below, Carton & Dana came after The Carton Furnance Company and preceded Carton & Company. John Carton was an early Furnace Patent holder and the corprate ownership and naming changed through the years.
The following profile is from pages 94-95, of a 1883 edition of Commerce, Manufactures And Resources, Oneida County.
Carton & Company,
Manufacturers of and Jobbers in Hot Air Furnaces, Portable and Brick Set
Ranges, Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron and Metals, 169 Genesee Street.
"One of the oldest established and most enterprising houses in Central New York concerned in the sale of stoves, furnaces, &c., is that which is identified with the well known name of Carton. As far back as 1847 Mr. John Carton instituted his business here in Utica and carried it on for years with steadily increasing success. On his death, in 1881, the firm became known as Carton & Dana, until in 1883 it was finally constituted as Carton & Co., as it now remains."
On June 10, 1898 the assets of these firms would become part of a merger that created The International Heater Company.
Carton & Company, Carton & Dana and The Carton Furnace Company were a few of many Utica-based Furnace & Boiler Companies. Utica's prominent history in boiler and furnace manufacturing offers a great opportunity for creating a Better Wynn Hospital Neighborhood.