In 1928, the Atlantic Cone Company, a producer of ice cream cones, outgrew its space on Margaret Street in Springfield and sought a new location to handle the growing demand for its product. The company was a division of the MacLaren Consolidated Cone Company.
Mill space was available in a factory at 53 Canal Street, previously occupied by the Hadley Division of American Thread Company. The building had 30,000 square feet of production space, and the company would lease 25,000 square feet.
The company produced 500,000 ice cream cones daily and hoped to double that in Holyoke. The staff of thirty could increase to sixty. Two machines would be installed to work 24 hours a day.
A lease was executed with the Holyoke Gas & Electric Department in May 1928 with an anticipated startup projected for August. The Atlantic Cone Company would consume 10% of the city gas plant's output.
In January 1930, the company reported that orders were growing substantially. It stated that there was sufficient work to run the plant at full capacity around the clock throughout the remainder of 1930. The future looked bright, and the company was considering taking on more space to meet the increasing demand.
By October 1930, the company had six employees and experienced downtime. Officials considered closing the plant. Later that month, the plant closed, and the company moved its operations to a division in Cambridge, ending its two-year presence in Holyoke.
Sources of news articles and information:
Newspapers.com (paid subscription): Citations: Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram; publication dates are shown.
Holyoke Public Library, Holyoke, Massachusetts, City Directories.
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