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Belmont Iron Works
| Name | Belmont Iron Works |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Washington Avenue 2426 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Eisenwerk |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 121] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1873 |
Gründung (incorporated) |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Geländer |
1873 |
Gründung |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Belmont Iron Works are situated at No. 2426 Washington avenue, and were established and incorporated in 1873, of which Wm. C. L. Huston is president, Mr. Walter T. Pharo secretary and treasurer, and Mr. H. B. Hursh is general manager, all of whom are thoroughly experienced and practical men. The Company also has offices at No. 132 Park avenue, New York. This Company manufacture in wrought iron all kinds of architectural, ornamental, structural iron, and artistic iron work. Their specialties are hand rails, guard rails, iron fences, balustrades, stairs, frillers, and also guards for banks, jails, roofs, insurance companies and other offices of a public nature. Engineers of the different cities in the United States are patrons of this Company, and the Company possesses every appliance and facility for carrying out and manufacturing everything in this line according to pattern and specification in connection with public bridges, iron railroad bridges, etc., etc. The railings are all capped with the rolled and drawn steel hand rail and is the best finish that has yet been found for bridge railings ; a special feature is that the hand rail is sold with the railings or by itself and can be applied to any railing now in use, it is true to Hue, is stronger than any other wrought or cast iron rail, and is verv light in weight ; rails of this kind and which have been in constant use for over fifteen years show no deterioration. The railings are supplied and set in place by their own men without extra charge in Philadelphia and its immediate vicinity, and this also applies to all orders exceeding 500 feet, and includes the cost of erection in any other part of the United States. The whole of the plant is entirely new and has only recently been erected by the Company. It is all of the newest design and latest improvements, and the Company has spared no expense in obtaining the same, thus placing them in a position to supply any demand for their productions equal to any house of a similar character in the United States. The business premises consist of a two-story building facing Washington avenue, having a frontage of 80 feet by a depth of 110 feet, together also with a blacksmith shop
and forge building adjoining, 40 feet by 60 feet. The Company has continually employed a force of 30 men. and their trade extends all over the United States, from Maine to California. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 121] |
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