RASMUS RASMUSSEN
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1847 - 1867
Rasmus Rasmussen ,
among others,
made equipment and tools to a match stick factory , probably
Rohmell & Schuerer , so in 1847 he sought and was granted
permission to establish a factory in the rooms he had rented for
the purpose in the basement of Rosengården 130.
Rasmussen comes out as one of the first noted fires in a match
factory in September 1847.
Rasmussen has apparently a mess in his economy and not been a
particularly good payer , as the bailiff repeatedly must
remind him of payment of the fee of the 17 rigsdaler .
Later, when he sought and obtained authorization to establish
laundry on the basis of some laundry machines he had invented ,
he is failing again to pay the fee , and when bailiff comes to
recover the amount , he could see that Rasmussen's property was
already mortgaged to much of
the value .
The many relocation of the factory (see data) is perhaps also
due corresponding difficulty in paying rent .
In April 1861 Rasmus Rasmussen sought along with a man
named Nielsen to allow them to get 5-year exclusive right to an
invention of matches, but they reported no details about the
nature of this invention.
At this point, Nielsen and Rasmussen are noted at the
address Charlottenlund Strandvej no.
1m.
While Rasmussen's factory was located in Lille Strandstræde 63a
it came to constantly complain about the smell from the factory
and these continued when he moved around the corner to Sct.
Annæ Plads No. 60 (now No. 10, where the side annexe , in which
he established the factory still exist ) .
The Health Police visited the factory and described the room as
44 feet long , 13 feet and 6 inches wide and 7 feet and 4 inches
high with 4 dormer windows towards the property where the
residents complained.
The police further describes that Rasmussen every third day
blends and heats the sulfur and that it is this work that
propagates a rather strong stench as the police notes that he do
this work, the windows are closed , or at least only one window
open.
Bouncer told further that Rasmussen sometimes slept on the floor
in the factory.
As
Rasmussen was not present during this visit , the police came
back some time later and found that the smell was not as
pervasive as described and can not be a nuisance to local
residents .
Later the fire department also visited factory and could
see that this complied with the fire regulations.
It is not clear when Rasmussen has stopped, but it is likely
that this happened in 1867 , where he establishes his steam
laundry in Norgesgade 74 (now Bredgade ) .
