Industrial Iron Works

 

Industrial Iron Works, William Brown Proprietor

INDUSTRIAL IRON WORKS.

These works were first erected in Sunbury. In 1864, William Rennyson, of Pottsville, purchased them, and carried on business there until 1866, when he removed them to Shamokin, and erected them on their present site. In 1868, Rennyson retired, and they were idle for some time.

In 1869, William Brown, the present proprietor, purchased them; and put them in running order, and has kept them moving to the present time.

The works consist of the following buildings, all frame: Machine-shop, fifty by one hundred and fifty feet; boiler-shop, thirty-six by forty feet; screen-shop, fifty by thirty feet; blacksmith-shop, fifty by forty-five feet; foundry, fifty by fifty feet; erecting-shop, forty by fifty feet,.

When these works are running ful1 capacity, they can give employment to one hundred and seventy-five men, but at present time only twenty-five men are employed. The shops are capable of turning out one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars worth of work per annum.

The principal business of these works is building engines, pumps, boilers, screens, forgings, and all kinds of machinery and repairs for mining regions. The works are properly named the" Industrial," as they furnish all wants of the coal regions. Considerable work is done for Schuylkill and Dauphin Counties, and some screen-work for Baltimore.

-Everts & Stewart's History Of Northumberland County

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Residence Of William Brown, Corner of Arch and Lincoln Streets