This was an auxiliary operation, complementing the main South Farms factories; Russell conducted manufacturing here for some ninety years. A plumbing products firm and then a lighting fixture company ran short-lived manufacturing operations here; the facilities were vacant in the late 1960s.
This facility served as an auxiliary to the primary South Farms factories, with Russell's operations lasting for almost a century.  Following Russell's departure, plumbing products and lighting fixture companies briefly occupied the premises before they were left vacant in the late 1960s.