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Lukens Steel Company records

 Collection
Accession: 0050
Abstract:

Lukens Steel Company was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three U.S. producers of steel plate. The Lukens Steel Company records documents all aspects of the business from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

Dates: 1798-1993

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

William Liseter Austin notebooks

 Collection
Accession: 1990
Abstract:

William Liseter Austin (1852-1932) was an executive of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Baldwin Locomotive Works was a manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 until 1972. This small collection consists of six pocket notebooks carried by Austin on separate business trips between 1879 and 1892. The trips were undertaken to confer with representatives of Baldwin's customer railroads concerning proposed designs or faulty performance of Baldwin locomotives.

Dates: 1879-1892

William Liseter Austin papers

 Collection
Accession: 1879
Abstract:

William Liseter Austin (1852-1932) was an executive of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Baldwin Locomotive Works was a manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 until 1972. The papers include correspondence, most of which is technical in nature; there is also a vertical file on the construction, sale, and parts of locomotives; specifications; sketches and sketchbooks; and engineering drawings. A very small portion of the collection covers Austin's personal affairs.

Dates: 1855-1932; Majority of material found within 1870-1932

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Railroads 3
Blast furnaces 2
Coal mines and mining 2
Iron and steel workers 2
Iron industry and trade 2
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Austin, William Liseter, 1852-1932 2
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 2
Pennsylvania Railroad 2
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co 2
A. Gibbons, Jr., & Company 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
Baird, Matthew, 1817-1877 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
Barium Steel Corporation 1
Bath Iron Works, Ltd 1
Beech Creek Railroad Company 1
Belmont Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Bertrand, Charles Edward, 1915-1978 1
Bethlehem Steel Company 1
Biddle, Edward R. (Edward Robert) 1
Bollman, W. (Wendel) 1
Bonzano, Adolphus, 1830-1913 1
Brandywine Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Buck, Robert S. (Robert Shute), 1802-1877 1
Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway Company 1
By-Products Steel Corporation 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
Charles Huston & Sons 1
Chauncey, Elihu, 1779-1847 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 1
Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901 1
Coatesville Relief Association 1
Cooper, Hewitt & Company (Ringwood, N.J.) 1
Corbin, Austin, 1827-1896 1
Corliss Steam Engine Company 1
Cornell Steamboat Company 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
Federal Slitting Mill (Rokeby, Pa.) 1
Florence Mining and Milling Company 1
Furness, Frank, 1839-1912 1
General Boat Works, Inc 1
George M. Newhall Engineering Company 1
Gibbons & Huston 1
Gibbons, Abraham, 1812-1895 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
Huston & Penrose 1
Huston, A. F. (Abram Francis), 1852-1930 1
Huston, Charles L. (Charles Lukens), 1906-1982 1
Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951 1
Huston, Charles, 1822-1897 1
Huston, Penrose & Company 1
Huston, Stewart, 1898-1971 1
J.P. Morgan & Co 1
Jacobs-Shupert United States Firebox Company 1
Jersey Central Transportation Company 1
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway Company 1
Junction Railroad Company 1
Kemble & Warner 1
Kemble, Peter, 1825-1887 1
Kemble, William, 1795-1881 1
Knight, Edward C. (Edward Collings), 1813-1892 1
Knights of Labor 1
Lancaster Locomotive Works 1
Laurel Iron Works (Newlin, Pa. : Township) 1
Lehigh & Susquehanna Rail Road (Firm) 1
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company 1
Lewis, Edwin M. 1
Lorenz, William, 1826-1884 1
Lukens Co-operative Store, Ltd 1
Lukens Coal Company, Inc 1
Lukens Erecting Company, Inc 1
Lukens Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
Lukens Iron and Steel Company 1
Lukens Steel Company 1
Lukens, Charles, 1786-1825 1
Lukens, Inc 1
Lukens, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Webb), 1794-1854 1
Lukenweld, Inc 1
Manley & Cooper Manufacturing Company 1
McLeod, A. A. (Archibald Angus), 1848-1902 1
Montour Iron Company 1
Montour Iron and Steel Company 1
National Company 1
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