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The CFA first met on April 27, 1949. Todd Belfield of Cochran Foundry was the organization's first chairman. Membership reached a high in 1974-75 with 110 sustaining companies and 379 associate members. CFA held regular meetings which focused on educating the people working in member foundries on "how-to" of foundry operations.
Together, these two furnaces had an annual capacity of over 20,000 tons of pig iron, which was well known for its quality for boiler plate, bars, nails and foundry work. In 1863 Grubb built a large iron ore roaster, the first of its kind in Lancaster County, to remove sulfur from the local ores used in the furnaces.
Lancaster (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ɪ s t ər / LANG-kih-stər) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census, [5] it is the tenth-most populous city in the state. [6] It is a core city within South Central Pennsylvania, with 552,984 residents in the Lancaster ...
Peter Grubb, Jr. (1740–1786) was one-third owner of the Cornwall Iron Furnace and colonel of the 8th Lancaster Battalion during the American Revolution. Henry Bates Grubb (1774–1823) founded the Grubb family's Mount Hope iron empire, which became one of the largest Pennsylvania iron producers in the mid-19th century.
The capsule was initially displayed in the museum as part of the lead up exhibition and was then sent back to the foundry in Lancaster, PA for final prep before its permanent installation. The capsule was permanently installed by the 79th street entrance but was moved to the garden near the 81st street entrance to make room for the museum's ...
The Hubley Manufacturing Company was first incorporated in 1894 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by John Hubley. The first Hubley toys appeared in 1909 and were made of cast-iron, with themes that ranged from horse-drawn vehicles and different breeds of dogs, to tractors, steam shovels and guns. [1]
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Mid-19th-century engraving of the Phoenix Iron Works. The Phoenix Iron Works (1855: Phoenix Iron Company; 1949: Phoenix Iron & Steel Company; 1955: Phoenix Steel Corporation), [1] located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was a manufacturer of iron and related products during the 19th century and early 20th century.