Description: Description of Photograph This is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago. Title: Columbus Iron Works, Front Avenue between Eighth & Tenth Streets, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator Related Names: Columbus Iron Works W. C. Bradley Company William R. Brown & Company Bradley, W C Brown, William R Golden, George J Stratton, H D Teague, A J Warner, James H Wilson, James Boucher, Jack E Sharpe, David Lowe, Jet Lupold, John S Karfunkle, J B Kimmelman, Barbara Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1968 Data Page(s): 27 Notes: Significance: For over a century (1853-1965) the Columbus Iron works supplied the city and surrounding area with a wide assortment of cast iron goods, agricultural implements, industrial and building supplies, and steam engines for river boats, saw mills, and other uses. It was organized as a small operation with a single forge and small rolling mill in 1853. The Civil War greatly expanded its capacity. The Confederate government leased the facility in 1862 and under the direction of Chief Engineer James Warner it manufactured boilers and steam engines for at least 14 Confederate gunboats. Although burned by Federal raiders at the end of the war, the company rebuilt immediately, and the experience with boilers and steam engines gave a distinctive feature and separated it from smaller foundries. By 1880 only the Columbus Iron Works manufactured steam engines within Georgia and was one of only sixteen within the South. The company still produced a whole range of cast iron goods and the Southern Plow Company, a division of the Columbus Iron Works, manufactured plows and agricultural implements. Using the expertise involved in fabricating steam engines and boilers, the company produced its most significant product, the ice machine. From 1880 until the 1920s the company's Stratton ammonia-absorption ice machine was the most widely marketed ice machine in the nation. From the 1920s until 1965 it remained a diversified manufacturing operation. In 1965 the W.C. Bradley Company absorbed the Columbus Iron Works. The present buildings of the Columbus Iron Works, built between 1902 and 1907 after fire destroyed the earlier buildings on the site, have changed little through the years. The southern half of the old plant is owned by the city of Columbus and is being converted into a convention center, while the northern portion is still owned by the W.C. Bradley Company. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HAER GA-28 Building/structure dates: 1902- 1907 Initial Construction Subjects: ironworks Iron industry manufacturing war (Civil War) Navies ice industry Fires building materials industry Boat & ship industry ammunition industry Agriculture Place: Georgia -- Muscogee County -- Columbus Latitude/Longitude: 32.46083, -84.98778 Bookmark /ga0257/ Bookmark:ga0257 Bookmark:ga0257 Size Approximately 8x12 inches. Note: Some images may have white bars on the sides or top if the original image does not conform to the 8x12 dimensions. Want to purchase the Original? The original is not for sale. Return Policy We are so confident in the quality we provide that we back every order with a money-back guarantee! This means if you are not satisfied, for ANY reason, a refund will be given.(No need to return the photo) Quality This Photograph is a Archive Quality Reproduction created directly from the original photograph. Our laboratory uses premium FujiFilm Lustre Paper guaranteeing brighter colors, sharper whites, and prints that will last a lifetime. Shipping We have taken extra steps to ensure that your prints arrive to you safely and undamaged. We use extra thick, stay-flat envelopes to get your photos to you as quickly and as safely as possible. Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Location: 80126
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