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Pencoyd Iron Works [graphic].
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Creator
Rease, W. H.
Title
Pencoyd Iron Works [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Drawn & lith. by W. H. Rease, 4th & Chestnut sts
Date
[ca. 1863]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph; 27 x 39 cm.(10.5 x 15.25 in.)
Description
Advertisement showing the rolling iron mill established by Algernon and Percival Roberts in 1852 below Manayunk on the west bank of the Schuylkill. A stone wall encloses part of the complex. Mill contains several buildings, including one marked "Pencoyd Iron Works. Iron Bridges & Railroad Axles. A. & P. Roberts, office, 410 Walnut St." In the foreground, a canal boat is pulled by a horse along the river. Men row a boat nearby. A large hill of fenced pasture lands rises in the background. The iron works joined the U.S. Steel Company in 1900 and was renamed the American Bridge Company.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 269
Notes
Inscribed on recto: Re - This Pencoyd Ironworks has grown since 1850 until it is fully 2 miles long - very valuable to the local historians. 12 x 15 - very rare.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 549
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 R 235
Lower right corner missing.
Subject
Pencoyd Iron Works.
Iron-works -- Pennsylvania. -- Montgomery County.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Advertisements -- 1860-1870.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 38 R 235
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