Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941
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Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941
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Fackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941
Fackenthal, Benjamin Franklin, 1851-1941
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Industrialist, philanthropist, college president, and historian.
Metallurgist, iron industry executive, and amateur historian.
Businessman, metallurgist, and historian of early iron industry, of Pennsylvania.
Businessman, metallurgist, and historian of early iron industry.
B. F. Fackenthal, Jr., was a metallurgist and iron industry executive. He began work at the Durham Iron Works of Cooper & Hewitt in 1866, and from 1879 to 1892 he was superintendent of the works and general manager of Cooper & Hewitt's blast furnaces and mines. From 1893 to 1913 he was president of the Thomas Iron Company. In later life he was president of the Taylor, Stiles & Company knife works. Fackenthal was also a noted amateur historian of the early iron industry and of the Delaware Valley.
The Durham Iron Company was organized in 1726 by 14 persons, including Anthony Morris, James Logan, Joseph Turner and William Allen. A blast furnace was constructed at Durham, Bucks County, in 1727. The furnace supplied three forges located below it on Durham Creek. The heirs of the original partners partitioned the property in 1773. The furnace produced shot for the Contintental Army. Joseph Galloway, the principal owner, was attainted of treason, and his interest was purchased by Richard Backhouse in 1779. The original furnace was blown out in 1791 and torn down in 1829. New anthracite furnaces were constructed by the Whitakers in 1848 and 1851 and sold to Cooper & Hewitt in 1864.
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Durham (Pa. : Township)
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Durham (Pa. : Township)
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Pennsylvania
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Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
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Bucks County (Pa.)
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Bucks County (Pa.)
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Pennsylvania--Durham (Township)
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Pennsylvania--Bucks County
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Durham (Pa. : Township)
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Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
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