West Point Foundry Association
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West Point Foundry Association
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West Point Foundry Association
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Foundry organized ca. 1817 for the purpose of supplying ordnance to the U.S. Army; incorporated April 15, 1818 and continued to operate until 1884; built blast-furnace and foundry near Cold Spring Landing, Putnam Co., N.Y., across Hudson River from West Point; also constructed a machine shop and finishing shop on Beach St. in New York City, specializing in marine steam engines; built first commercially successful locomotive in U.S., 1830; machine shop moved to Cold Spring, ca. 1839.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/136480920
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr93002045
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr93002045
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Ammunition
Foundry workers
Gun-carriages
Guns
Iron foundries
Iron foundries
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New York (State)
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United States
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New York (State)--Cold Spring (Putnam)
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West Point (N.Y.)
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