The autobiography of John Fritz. ca. 1910.
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Frackenthal, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1851-1941.
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Fritz, John, 1822-1913
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John Fritz was born in Chester County, Pa. in 1822. He was apprenticed as a blacksmith and became a wheelwright. He later supervised the building of an iron-making furnace and in 1860 became General Superindentent and Chief Engineer of the Bethlehem Iron Works. In 1864 he supervised the building of a Bessemer furnace for the firm. After retiring in 1892, he became a trustee of Lehigh University, and engaged in other civic activities. He died in Bethlehem, Pa. in 1913. From the descri...
