Records, 1728-1950 (bulk 1869-1937).

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Records, 1728-1950 (bulk 1869-1937).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123696

The records of the Alan Wood Steel Company and its predecessors document its evolution from a small personal business to a medium-sized steel producer. They consist primarily of minutes, account books, property records and order books. There is relatively little correspondence. Most of the post-1937 records were retained by the company.

Mss: 57.3 linear ft.Photographs: 334 items.

Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340752

Hagley Museum & Library

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Corliss Iron Works (Conshohocken, Pa.).

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Heckscher, Richard, 1822-1901

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Wood, Alan, 1800-1881

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Alan Wood was a 19th century iron and steel manufacturer. He was engaged with his father, James Wood (1771-1851) at the Delaware Iron Works in Wooddale, Del. (1826-32) and at Conshohocken, Pa. (1832-40). In 1840 he again began operating the Delaware Iron Works with his brother John as Alan Wood & Brother, and he purchased it in his own right in 1843. From the description of Business papers, 1838-1875 (bulk 1838-1841). (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516063 ...

Delaware Iron Works

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Lukens, Lewis A., d. 1899.

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Plymouth Mining Company.

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Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company

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Wood family.

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Upper Merion and Plymouth Railroad Company.

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Rainey-Wood Coke Company.

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Alan Wood & Company

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Wood, W. Dewees (Waters Dewees), 1826-1899

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Wood, James, 1771-1851

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James Wood (1771-1851) was an important early 19th century iron manufacturer in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Between 1826 and 1832 he operated the Delaware Iron Works at Wooddale, Del., in partnership with his son, Alan (1800-1881). In 1832 they relocated the business to Conshohocken, Pa., where it formed the nucleus of the future Alan Wood Steel Company. From the description of Partnership agreement, 1834. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122559001 ...

Palmyra Quarry Company.

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Schuylkill Iron Works (Conshohocken, Pa.).

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Alan Wood & Brother.

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Wood, James, 1706-1760

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Wood & Brothers Company (Conshohocken, Pa.).

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James Wood & Son.

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Wood, Alan, 1834-1902

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Wood, Thomas Dewees, 1827-1880

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Wood, Richard G. (Richard Gilpin), 1849-1931

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Richard Heckscher & Sons Company.

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Wood, Howard, 1846-1911

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McKeesport Iron Works.

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Swede Furnace (Swedeland, Pa.)

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Alan Wood Mining Company.

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Wood, John, 1816-1898

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Alan Wood Steel Company

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The Alan Wood Steel Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Alan Wood Company on January 23, 1929, and was renamed the Alan Wood Steel Company on February 16, 1929. It represented a reorganization and recapitalization of an earlier firm, the Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company. The firm was a small, family-controlled integrated steel company, producing primarily steel sheets. The company traced its roots to James Wood (1771-1852), the grandson of an Irish Quaker imm...

Schuylkill Works Relief Association (Conshohocken, Pa.).

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James Wood & Sons.

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