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Thomas Iron Company

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Franklin Fackenthal chemical analysis notebook

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0188
Abstract An interesting collection of early twentieth century analyses of ores collected by Benjamin Franklin Fackenthal, Jr., a prominent chemist of the era. Fackenthal established laboratories at the Durham Iron Works in Riegelsville, Pa and also in Lancaster, Pa. where mineral analysis was made of iron ores and limestone from samples sent by clients. What is especially interesting about the notebook is the listing of many iron ore and limestone quarries located in the Lehigh Valley area. Among...
Dates: 1856-1941

The Morris Canal and Banking Company Business Papers 1843-1864

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0156
Abstract The Morris Canal started in 1825 was built from Phillipsburg, New Jersey on the Delaware River eastward across northern New Jersey to connect in 1831with the Passaic River tidewaters as a public highway. By 1836 it was extended to Jersey City on the Hudson River. Its main commerce was carrying coal from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley to the growing iron industry in New Jersey and iron ore back to Pennsylvania but also carried other freight. The canal was the only canal in America that utilized...
Dates: 1843-1864

Thomas Iron Company Correspondence and Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0071
Abstract

This collection includes 3 bound notebooks of financial records, documents, correspondence, and remembrances, including some clippings and photographs.

Dates: 1854 - 1939

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Notebooks 2
Banks and banking 1
Canals -- New Jersey 1
Inland navigation 1
Iron and steel 1