Johnson Steel Street Rail Company.

Hide Profile

The Johnson Steel Street Rail Company was organized in 1883 by Tom Loftin Johnson (1854-1911) with the backing of Alfred Victor and Antoine Bidermann du Pont to manufacture the improved street-car rail which Johnson had invented the year before. The firm was renamed The Johnson Company on January 1, 1889, and constructed a fabricating works in Johnstown, Pa. Through a subsidiary, the Lorain Steel Company, it built its own steel mill at Lorain, Ohio. Johnson sold the entire complex of rail manufacturing facilities to the Federal Steel Company in 1898, with which they passed to U.S. Steel in 1901.

From the description of Historical sketch, n.d. [photocopy]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122459557

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Johnson Steel Street Rail Company. Historical sketch, n.d. [photocopy]. Hagley Museum & Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1833-1893. person
associatedWith Du Pont, Bidermann, 1837-1923. person
associatedWith Du Pont, James Q. 1902-1973. person
associatedWith Federal Steel Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson Company (Lorain, Ohio) corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911. person
associatedWith Lorain Steel Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Moxham, Arthur James, 1854-1931. person
associatedWith United States Steel Corporation. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Subject
Steel industry and trade
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Related Descriptions
Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z1m0j

Ark ID: w64z1m0j

SNAC ID: 48714156