This small Iron Industry Collection contains orders for pig iron and bar iron, a schematic plan, and historical information about the iron industry in Lancaster County. Mount Hope Furnace, Hopeland Forge, Martick Works, and Hershey Machine & Foundry are among the businesses represented.
Photograph of No. 1 furnace [Chickies] built 1845, rebuilt 1887. (2-27-04-13)
Photograph No. 2 furnace [Chickies] built 1854, rebuilt 1889. (2-27-04-12)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Iron Industry Collection (MG0155), Folder #, Insert #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-155
Other Number
MG-155
Classification
MG0155
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by DT, 1998-1999. Added to database 9 September 2021.
The photographs in Folder 1 were transferred to the Photograph Collection on 27 October 2017.
Reproduction of an engraving of Penn Iron Company's mill at North Ann Street along the Pennsylvania Railroad, Lancaster. Engraving by Moss Engraving Company, New York.
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 73, Item 4
Classification
MG0184
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 19 February 2024.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others
Includes bibliographical references (171-172) and index.
Contents
Labor on the plantation -- Charcoal making -- Furnaces operation -- Refining the iron -- Lancaster furnaces -- Rolling mills -- Ironworks sequence -- The ironmasters -- Ore mines -- Preserved iron furnaces -- Paths and trails -- Fords and ferries.
Iron, railroad, canal and coal map of Pennsylvania, &c. : showing the relative position of the various anthracite and bituminous coal fields, the railroads, canals and navigable waters by which they are connected forming their respective avenues to market, also the furnaces, rolling mills, bloomeries and forges of Pennsylvania and adjoining states
Shows coal and oil regions from Lake Ontario through much of West Virginia; most of New York State is shown, though without geological detail. Also shows locations of steel works, foundries, etc.
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G885 in the Rare Books Collection.
Also see volume with call number 347.0770269 G885e in the Rare Books Collection.
Between Robert W. Coleman, and Edward B Grubb and Clement B. Grubb.
Court records of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon Country and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Middle District,along with the will and codicil of Robert Coleman dated May 13, 1825.
