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Clement S. Brinton collection on the early iron industry
Clement S. Brinton (1875-1963) was a trained chemist who spent his entire career with the Food & Drug Administration designing and directing food inspection laboratories in the Philadelphia area. Brinton was also a local amateur historian and was particularly interested in the history of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century iron industry. The Brinton Collection is a useful source on the early iron industry in the northeastern states. The materials are, in many cases, not unique, including such items as postcards, newspaper clippings, souvenir booklets and brochures, and extracts from published articles. The collection focuses on old iron works in New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, and northeastern Maryland.
David Thomas papers
David Thomas (1794-1882) was a Pennsylvania iron manufacturer who introduced into the United States the use of anthracite coal in the manufacture of pig iron. The papers consist of twenty-eight letters received by Thomas between May 1839 and 1842. They contain important new information on one of the textbook examples of nineteenth century technology transfer.
Grubb family business records
The Grubb family were ironmasters in Lancaster, York, and Dauphin Counties, Pennsylvania, for a period of over 150 years. The records include account books and letters relating to the family's various iron enterprises, including the Codorus, Mananda, Mount Hope, Mount Vernon, and Henry Clay.
Lukens Steel Company records
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.
Phoenix Steel Corporation records
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.
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- Baldwin Locomotive Works 2
- A. Gibbons, Jr., & Company 1
- Barium Steel Corporation 1
- Bath Iron Works, Ltd 1
- Belmont Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Bethlehem Steel Company 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
- Brinton, Clement S. (Clement Starr), 1875-1963 1
- Buck, Robert S. (Robert Shute), 1802-1877 1
- By-Products Steel Corporation 1
- Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company 1
- Central Iron and Steel Company 1
- Charles Huston & Sons 1
- Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901 1
- Coatesville Relief Association 1
- Cooper, Hewitt & Company (Ringwood, N.J.) 1
- Corliss Steam Engine Company 1
- Cornell Steamboat Company 1
- David Reeves & Son 1
- Federal Slitting Mill (Rokeby, Pa.) 1
- Florence Mining and Milling Company 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
- Griffen, John, 1812-1884 1
- Grubb family 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
- Jacobs-Shupert United States Firebox Company 1
- Kemble & Warner 1
- Kemble, Peter, 1825-1887 1
- Kemble, William, 1795-1881 1
- Lancaster Locomotive Works 1
- Laurel Iron Works (Newlin, Pa. : Township) 1
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Company 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
- New York and Erie Railroad Company 1
- Nicholas, Robert C. 1
- Norris Locomotive Works 1
- Northern Central Railway Company 1
- Pennock, Isaac, 1767-1824 1
- Pennsylvania Railroad 1
- Penrose, Charles 1
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co 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
- Platt, Franklin, 1844-1900 1
- Pusey, Jones & Company 1
- R.W. Lukens & Company 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
- Safe Harbor Iron Company 1
- Sisto, Joseph A. (Joseph Anthony), 1889-1969 1
- Spring Mill Furnace (Conshohocken, Pa.) 1
- Steele & Worth 1
- Steele, Hugh E. (Hugh Exton), 1815-1874 1
- Thomas Iron Company 1
- Thomas, David, 1794-1882 1
- Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874 1
- Trenton Iron Co 1
- Triadelphia Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
- Walters, George, 1810-1885 1
- Wawasset Beneficial Society 1
- Whitaker, James, 1781-1875 1
- Whitaker, Joseph, 1789-1870 1
- William Sellers & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Wilson, William Hasell, 1811-1902 1
- Winans, Ross, 1796-1877 1 + ∧ less
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