Iron ores
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection I
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084.1
Abstract
This collection includes books, bound pamphlets and offprints, maps and drawings, letter books, ore samples, photographs, and manuscript material regarding the Birkinbine Engineering Company.
Dates:
ca. 1860 to ca. 1940
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection II
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084-2
Abstract
The Birkinbine Engineering Company got its start through Henry P. M. Birkinbine. His son, John, gained early engineering experience through various water supply projects in and around Philadelphia; this experience later helped direct the Birkinbine Engineering Company’s involvement in many water-related projects around the country in the late 19th century as part of the improved public sanitation initiatives. The Birkinbine firm also specialized in mining engineering, both in the United...
Dates:
1840-1963
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects
Juragua Iron Company Mine Photographs, 1912-1914
Collection — Box Photo 0011.01
Identifier: SC Photo-0011
Abstract
The Juragua Iron Company was the first American company to become interested in iron mining in Cuba. The mines were located in the province of Santiago at the eastern end of Cuba. The Santiago province climate is hot, but not affected by fevers or malaria. The company first went to Cuba in the early 1880s to begin iron ore mining. Its capital stock was controlled by the Bethlehem Iron Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It...
Dates:
1912-1914
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections