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Contributor Camp, John Henry, 1822-1881, printer.
Title Sections of wrought iron made at the Pencoyd Iron Works. A. & P. Roberts & Co. [graphic] : Manufacturers of channels, beams, angles, tees, merchant-bars, rolled and hammered axles, shafting a specialty. Office 265 South 4th St.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : J.H. Camp, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date [ca. 1855]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 54 x 34 cm (21 x 13.5 in.)
Description Print depicting various shapes and sizes of wrought iron sections manufactured at the Pencoyd Iron Works by A. & P. Roberts & Co. Shows the pieces, including even and uneven leg angles and car-builder’s channel irons, labeled with weight and size measurements depicted in horizontal rows and in diagonals. Cousins Algernon and Percival Roberts established the iron foundry in 1852 in Philadelphia. The firm joined the U.S. Steel Company in 1900 and was renamed the American Bridge Company.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Expository text printed on recto below title: Scale ½ size. Weights given in pounds per yard. Minimum sizes and weights given.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject A. & P. Roberts & Co.
Pencoyd Iron Works.
Iron industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ironwork -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.38]
Accession number P.2019.64.38