Subject: Iron industry and trade / Organization: Phoenix Iron Company / Place: Chester County (Pa.) / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1878">1878</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Iron industry and trade Organization Phoenix Iron Company Place Chester County (Pa.) Year 1878

Extent:: 35.0 cubic feet
Abstract:: Established in 1790 and incorporated in 1855, the Phoenix "works" in Phoenixville (Chester County, Pa.) produced nails, railroad rails, Civil War cannons, weaponry for 20th century wars, and structural steel. Among its well known products were the Griffen Gun, 1861, and the Phoenix Column, 1862. It closed in 1987. The Phoenix Iron Company technical drawings, 1855-1985, are mostly of equipment used by the company, as well as items they produced and a few maps.

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