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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.
Cooper & Hewitt records
Cooper & Hewitt partners were iron businessmen who purchased ironworks, property, and iron mines. In 1845, a rolling mill complex was incorporated as the Trenton Iron Company, and in 1847 iron mines at Andover, New Jersey, were purchased. The records consist of two payroll sheets from 1848, as well as eighty-two inbound letters, mostly from 1849 to 1850. The letters are primarily operating reports from the superintendent of the Andover mine.
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 Iron Company records
The Phoenix Iron 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. This small collection of records includes incoming correspondence chiefly relating to orders for and deliveries of iron for railroads.
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
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- 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 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 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
- Thomas, David, 1794-1882 1
- Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874 1
- Triadelphia Iron Works (Coatesville, Pa.) 1
- Union Iron Works Co 1 + ∧ less
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