The Costello Tannery
1880-1924
On this site once known as North Wharton, P.H. Costello and P.C. Costello of Oneida, NY., built what was then the worlds largest tannery. By Dec. 1881 the tannery consumed 32,000 cord of bark annually for a yearly output of 6,000,000 of sole leather. With 275 employees, it had a monthly payroll of $10,000.00. By the time the tannery was completed, North Wharton had become known as Costello.
Marker is on Costello Road (Pennsylvania Route 872) 0.2 miles west of Pennsylvania Route 3003, on the right when traveling north.
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