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Erie City Iron Works photographic reproductions
The Erie City Iron Works in Erie, Pennsylvania, was a major manufacturer of boilers, stationary and portable engines, and machinery for sawmills and steam riveting. These are five reproductions of nineteenth century photographs from the Erie City Iron Works. One is an exterior of the plant. The four others are posed photographs of employee groups.
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.
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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- Baldwin Locomotive Works 2
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- A. Gibbons, Jr., & Company 1
- Allen & Turner (Philadelphia, Pa.) 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
- 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
- Erie City Iron Works 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
- 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
- Sust, Carl William, 1914-1996 1
- Sust, Charles William Feil, 1885-1947 1
- Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company 1
- Thomas Iron Company 1
- Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874 1
- Trenton Iron Co 1
- Triadelphia Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
- Union Iron Works Co 1
- Walters, George, 1810-1885 1
- Wawasset Beneficial Society 1
- Whitaker, James, 1781-1875 1 + ∧ less
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