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American Steel & Wire Company factory plant, Trenton, New Jersey. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Contributor
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, engineer.
Title
American Steel & Wire Company factory plant, Trenton, New Jersey. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1926
Date
1926
Physical Description
3 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial views of the the American Steel and Wire Company plant. In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25 acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his sons took over. The company manufactured wire rope and related products for suspension bridges, shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products. The company was a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show ortions of the plant from several angles with the city of Trenton visible in the distance.
Notes
Negative numbers: 6031, 6434, 6435.
Subject
American Steel & Wire Co.
United States Steel Corporation.
Cable industry -- New Jersey -- Trenton.
Factories -- New Jersey -- Trenton.
Rivers -- New Jersey -- Trenton.
Waterfronts -- New Jersey -- Trenton.
Geographic subject
Trenton (N.J.)
Delaware River (N.Y - Del. and N.J.)
Raritan Canal (N.J.)
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1910-1920.
Glass Negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1910-1920.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869, engineer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.6031; P.8990.6434; P.8990.6435]
Accession number
P.8990.6031
P.8990.6434
P.8990.6435
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Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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