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Phoenix Steel Corporation records

 Collection
Accession: 0916
Abstract:

The Phoenix Steel Company began in the late eighteenth century as a manufacturer of cut nails. It later became a major producer of railroad rails and iron and steel structural members. Their records include minutes (1856-1929); stock ledgers; brief of title papers and property maps; legal and financial correspondence and tax papers; account books; and a works diary.

Dates: 1827-1963; bulk 1856-1949

Reading Company records

 Collection
Accession: 1520
Abstract:

Chartered in 1871, Reading Company was the holding company for the system of railroads, canals and coal mines assembled by the predecessor Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company between 1833 and 1896. The collection consists of the corporate records of the Reading Company (1871-1976), the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (1833-1896), the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company (1896-1923), and 159 predecessors and subsidiaries.

Dates: 1795-1979

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Advertisements 1
Anthracite coal industry 1
Blast furnaces 1
Bridge construction industry 1
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Adams Express Company 1
American Railway Association 1
Association of American Railroads 1
Association of Railway Executives (U.S.) 1
Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914 1
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Baird, Matthew, 1817-1877 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Barium Steel Corporation 1
Beech Creek Railroad Company 1
Bertrand, Charles Edward, 1915-1978 1
Biddle, Edward R. (Edward Robert) 1
Bollman, W. (Wendel) 1
Bonzano, Adolphus, 1830-1913 1
Buck, Robert S. (Robert Shute), 1802-1877 1
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1
Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Central Iron and Steel Company 1
Central Railroad of New Jersey 1
Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 1
Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901 1
Cooper, Hewitt & Company (Ringwood, N.J.) 1
Corbin, Austin, 1827-1896 1
David Reeves & Son 1
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company 1
Dice, Agnew T. (Agnew Thomson), 1862-1932 1
Dickson, Samuel, 1837-1915 1
Drexel, Morgan & Co 1
Elmira, Cortland, and Northern Railroad Company 1
Emlen, William F. (William Fishbourn), 1787-1866 1
Empire Transportation Company 1
Ewing, Charles H., 1866-1935 1
Fall Brook Railway Company 1
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 1
George M. Newhall Engineering Company 1
Gilbert Elevated Railway Company 1
Gowan & Marx 1
Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 1
Griffen, John, 1812-1884 1
Harris, Joseph S. (Joseph Smith), 1836-1910 1
J.P. Morgan & Co 1
Jersey Central Transportation Company 1
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway Company 1
Junction Railroad Company 1
Knight, Edward C. (Edward Collings), 1813-1892 1
Knights of Labor 1
Lehigh & Susquehanna Rail Road (Firm) 1
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 1
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 1
Lewis, Edwin M. 1
Lorenz, William, 1826-1884 1
McLeod, A. A. (Archibald Angus), 1848-1902 1
Montour Iron Company 1
Montour Iron and Steel Company 1
National Company 1
New York Central Railroad Company 1
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company 1
New York and Erie Railroad Company 1
New York and Long Branch Railroad 1
Nicholas, Robert C. 1
Nichols, Henry K. (Henry Kuhl), 1830-1904 1
Nicolls, G. A. (Gustavus A.), 1817-1886 1
Norfolk and Western Railway Company 1
Northern Central Railway Company 1
Osborne, John H. (John Humfrey), 1818-1894 1
Pennsylvania Coal Company 1
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company 1
Philadelphia and Reading Relief Association 1
Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad 1
Phoenix Bridge Company 1
Phoenix Iron Company 1
Phoenix Iron Works 1
Phoenix Iron and Steel Company 1
Phoenix Steel Company 1
Phoenix Steel Corporation 1
Phoenix-Apollo Steel Company 1
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency 1
Platt, Franklin, 1844-1900 1
Powelton Iron and Coal Company 1
Pullman Company 1
Reading Company 1
Reading Iron Company 1
Reading Terminal (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Reading Terminal Market (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Reeves & Whitaker 1
Reeves, Abbott & Company 1
Reeves, Benjamin, 1779-1844 1
Reeves, Buck & Co 1
Reeves, David, 1793-1871 1
Reeves, David, 1852-1923 1
Reeves, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1818-1878 1
Reeves, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1880-1944 1
Reeves, William H. (William Handy), 1854-1930 1
Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891 1
Robinson, Wirt, 1806-1865 1
Safe Harbor Iron Company 1
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