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Name
Rensselaer Iron Works
Start Year
1866
End Year
1969
Industry Type
Materials
Industry
iron
Company
Rensselaer Iron Co.
Site Name
City
Troy
State/County/Province
New York
Country
united states
Collection
Notes
Note: The start year given above is noted on a slide in the Vogel collection.
J. Leander Bishop in \"History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860\" gives the date for RIC as 1847.
The Rensselaer Iron Co. produced rail c. 1864 which was used in construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in California and was advertising as early as 1860.
http://cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/RIC_Rail_1864.html
J. Leander Bishop in \"History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860\" gives the date for RIC as 1847.
The Rensselaer Iron Co. produced rail c. 1864 which was used in construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in California and was advertising as early as 1860.
http://cprr.org/Museum/Ephemera/RIC_Rail_1864.html