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Betts & Seal records
Betts & Seal was an iron foundry in Wilmington, Delaware that operated under that name from 1857 to 1867, but was established in 1828. The Betts family of Wilmington, Delaware, produced three generations of innovative founders and machinists. The records of Betts & Seal cover the operation of the foundry from 1828 to 1867. The result is a rare time-capsule look at the workings of a small but innovative foundry during the first phase of American industrialization.
John Pott business records
His business records consist of four time and board books and one day book from the Greenwood Iron Works and a single day book from the District Forge.
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.
Martha Furnace daybook/diary
Martha Furnace was an iron plantation built in 1793 by the Pennsylvania ironmaster Isaac Potts (1750-1803) on a branch of the Wading River two miles above Harrisville in eastern Burlington County, New Jersey. The volume is a combined daybook and diary, containing a comprehensive account of the operation of a Pine Barrens iron plantation during the early 1800s.
Millerstown Iron Company letterbook (microfilm)
The Millerstown Iron Company, organized in 1873, constructed the Macungie Furnace in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and was a small anthracite iron company. The microfilmed letterbook documents the business correspondence of the company and includes outgoing correspondence from the Macungie furnace's superintendents.
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.
Sust collection of William Sellers & Co. graphic materials
Charles William Feil Sust (1885-1947) and his son Carl William Sust (1914-1996) were employees at William Sellers & Co. Both worked as sheet metal workers in the 1930s and 1940s. William Sellers & Co. was an iron works that manufactured machine tools used for turning, planing, shaping, drilling, boring, or cutting metal or wood. This small collection is primarily photographs of machine tools manufactured by the William Sellers & Co. in the 1930s and 1940s. There are several photographs of various rooms and shops at the company, three include Charles Sust. There are a few publications and blueprints, as well as employee pins.
Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company photographs and films
The Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company produced frogs, switches and other railroad fittings including couplings, axles and wheels, as well as war material during both World Wars. The company was incorporated in 1912 as successor to the Taylor Iron & Steel Company. The collection contains photographs primarily of products such as dredging equipment, railroad tracks, rollers, crushers, and buckets. The films document dredge buckets in operation and were shot in the United States and at international locations. The collection has been organized into four series: Company history, Plant views, Products, and Films. Each series is arranged alphabetically.
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- Bonzano, Adolphus, 1830-1913 1
- Brandywine Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
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- Buck, Robert S. (Robert Shute), 1802-1877 1
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- Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901 1
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- Cornell Steamboat Company 1
- David Reeves & Son 1
- E. Betts & Company 1
- Earl, Caleb, 1756-1815 1
- Earl, Caleb, 1795-1873 1
- Evans, Jesse, 1770-1849 1
- Federal Furnace (Lakehurst, N.J.) 1
- Federal Slitting Mill (Rokeby, Pa.) 1
- Florence Mining and Milling Company 1
- General Boat Works, Inc 1
- George M. Newhall Engineering Company 1
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- Gilbert Elevated Railway Company 1
- Griffen, John, 1812-1884 1
- Hampton Furnace (Shamong, N.J. : Township) 1
- Hanover Furnace (Hanover Furnace, N.J.) 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
- Martha Furnace (Washington, N.J.) 1
- Millerstown Iron Company (Macungie, Pa.) 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
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- Penrose, Charles 1
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co 1
- Phoenix Bridge Company 1
- Phoenix Iron Company 1
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- Platt, Franklin, 1844-1900 1
- Pott, John, 1759-1827 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 + ∧ less
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