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Wood, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1857-1943

Existence: 1857 - 1943
 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1857 - 1943

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick W. Wood papers

 Collection
Accession: 0884
Abstract:

Frederick William Wood (1857-1943) was an executive and engineer in the steel and shipbuilding industries. His papers constitute a major source on the history of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers are primarily official records of the various companies with which Wood was associated.

Dates: 1867-1943

Frederick W. Wood photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1975-330
Abstract:

Frederick William Wood (1857-1943) was an executive and engineer in the steel and shipbuilding industries. The Frederick W. Wood photographs document the career of Frederick W. Wood in the steel and shipbuilding industries, most notably his time working for Pennsylvania Steel Company at Steelton, Pennsylvania, Maryland Steel Company and Bethlehem Steel Company at Sparrows Point, Maryland, and the American International Shipbuilding Corporation at Hog Island Shipyard, located in Pennsylvania on the Delaware River. Researchers interested in the steel and iron industries, the shipbuilding industry, company towns, and the regional history of the greater Philadelphia and Baltimore areas would find this collection useful.

Dates: 1880-1949

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Company towns 1
Correspondence 1
Iron mines and mining 1
Maps 1
Metallurgy 1
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