Back cover i l l u s t r a t i o n : the hero ic name plaque of A u s t r a l i a ' s Hawksbury River Bridge (1886-1946), its only surviving f a b r i c . Photograph by D . Fraser , New South Wales. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FOREWORD The Society for Industrial Archeology is pleased to publish this valuable d artifacts of the icant examples of search on the American brid great builder Darnell's wo important par business, and As f the Society a While active in business he also took part in civic organizations and still is a Trustee of the New Britain Museum of American Art where he had been Chairman for nine years. Since retiring, Darnel1 has intensified his study of the development of bridges in which he combines an interest in history with the training and experience of a professional engineer and steel fabricator. His article Lenticular Bridges from East Berlin. Connnecticut appeared in IA, the journal of the SIA, and he contributed to Connecticut-An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. INDEX Abbott, Job See Wrought Iron Bridge Company Canton, Ohio Abbott-Gamble Contracting Company St. Louis, Missouri Adams, (J.D.) and Company Indianapolis, Indiana Agawam Foundry Springfield, Massachusetts Alabama Bridge and Boiler Company Birmingham, Alabama Alabama Bridge Company Jasper, Alabama Alabama Bridge and Iron Company Appendix C Albany Bridge and Iron Works Albany, New York Albany Iron and Machine Works Albany, New York Albany Iron Works Albany, New York Albree, Chester B. Allegheny, Pennsylvania Albuquerque Bridge Company Albuquerque , New Mexico Alden, John See Alden and Lassig Bridge Works Rochester. New York and Lassig and Alden Bridge and Iron Works Chicago, Illinois Alden and Lassig Bridge Works Rochester, New York Alexander Iron Works Syracuse, New York Allen and Nelson Mill Company Seattle, Washington Allentown Rolling Mill Company Allentown, Pennsylv American Bridge Company (1870) Chicago, Illinois Also see Appendix B American Bridge Company (1900) New York, New York Also see Appendix C American Bridge and Contract Company Portland, Oregon American Bridge and Iron Company Roanoke, Virginia American Bridge Works Chicago, Illinois Anderson Bridge Company Salt Lake City, Utah Andrews, D.H. Boston, Massachusetts Andrews Bridge Company Omaha, Neb4 and Ogde Architectural Iron Works New York, New York Armstrong and Printzenhoff Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ashbury, (E.P.) and Son Houston, Texas Atkinson Brothers and Company Colorado Springs, Colorado Atlanta Bridge and Axle Company Atlanta, Georgia A1 tanta Bridge Works Atlanta, Georgia Atlantic Bridge Works New York, New York Atlas Iron Construction Company New York, New York Attica Bridge Company Attica, India Austin, (George L.) and Brother Dallas, Texas Austin Bridge Company Chicago, Illinois Badger, Daniel See Architectural Iron Works New York, New York Bagley, C.H. Rutland, Vermont Baird, (C.R.) and Company See Philadelphia Bridge Works Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Iron Works Los Angeles, California INDEX Ball, Charles H. East Windsor, Massachusetts Baltimore Bridge Company Baltimore, Maryland Barnes Culvert Bridge iladelphia, Pennsylvania rt Jervis, New York altimore, Maryland Bay City Iron work an Francisco, California Beardsley, Miles B ridgeport, Connecticut Bellefontaine Brid ellefontaine, Ohio Bemis and Krum Blagen, N.J. Blair, (B.L.) and Company Blaise, E. Blake and Duffy Blodge tt and Curry See National Bridge and Iron Works Bogert and Carlough Company Boiler, Alfred P. Bollman, Wendel and Iron Works Boody, Azariah See chronological list of companies Boody, Stone and Company Boody, Stone and Harris Boomer, L.B. (and Company) Boomer, Boy ing ton and Company See Boomer, L.B. Chicag Boomer Bridge Works See Boomer, L.B. Chicago, Illinois Bornemann, (August) and Sons Lancaster, Ohio Boston Bridge Works Boston, Massachusetts Boston Steel and Iron Company Boston, Massachus Boyington and Rust Chicago, Illinois Brackett Bridge Company Cincinnati, Ohio Bradbury and Spencer \ Oregonia, Ohio Braun, Joseph Columbus, Ohio Brenneman, J .E. Philadelphia, Penns Briggs, Albert D. See Harris, Briggs, and Company Springfield, Massachusetts Briggs, (A.D.) and Company Springfield, Massachusetts Brown, E.G. Elizabeth, New Jersey Brown and Lucius New York, New York Buchan, George R. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bnchanan Bridge Company Belief ontaine , Ohio INDEX Burrall, W.H Burrows, O.R. Burton and MacDonald Butler, John Butler, Ryan Company uffalo, New York it. Louis, Missou. Vilmington, Ohio lamil ton, Ohio am filmington, Ohio IT* 1-2- -*-_ AT-2. Bridge and Manufacturing C Chicago Forge and Bolt Company Chicago Timber and Bridge Company Cincinnati Architectural Iron Works Cincinnati Bridge Company (1873) Cincinnati Bridge Company (1896) Clark, Henry Clark, John See Bollman, (W.) and Company Clarke, ( J . G . ) and Company Clarke, Thomas C. Clarke Bridge Company INDEX Clarke, Reeves and Company i l ade lph ia , Pennsylvania Clayton, Jno. V. r ingf i e l d , Ohio Cleveland Bridge and Car Works Cleveland Bridge Company Cleveland Bridge and I ron Company Cleveland Erecting Company Cleveland, Ohio l in ton , Iowa leveland, Ohio eor ia , I l l i n o i s il ade lphia , Pennsy Cofrode and i l ade lphia , Pennsy Colburn, (A.W Coll ins, (H.E Conley, Willia See Ri te r an Consolidated S tee l Cor Converse Bridge Company Coolidge, (W.G.) and Company Cooper, Hewitt and Company Cooper and Nash Cooper and Wigand Cornell, J.B. and J .M. Corning, (Edward) and Company See Ber l in Iron Bridge C Coshoc ton Iron Works Crept, George Cr i s l e and Co Cunningham and See Milwauke Curran and Huss Cushman Iron Co Dailey, John A. Daniels, Joseph Daniels, Stephen Marietta , Ohio Danielson, G. Neenah, Wisconsin Dauphin Bridge and Construction Company Dauphin, Pennsylvani Dayton Architectural Iron Works Dayton, Ohio Dayton Bridge Company Dayton, Ohio Dean and Westbrook New York, New York 94 INDEX Eastern Bridge and Structural Company Edge Moor Iron Company Eli Bridge Company Elmira Bridge Company, Limited Empire Bridge Company Empire Construction Company Enterprise Iron Works Etna Construction Company Eureka Bridge and Iron Company Evans, Louis P. Eyre, (John P.) and Company -F s Bridge and Manufacturing Co. Farnsworth and Blodgett Ferris, Kaufman and Company Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Finley, David San Francisco, Cali Flynt Building and Construction Company Palmer, Massachuset Fort Pitt Bridge Company Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Frakman Brothers Minneapolis, Minne Franklin Brothers Minne apo 1i s , Mime Frasier, William J. Detroit, Michigan Frees, Peter See King, Zenas Cleveland, Ohio INDEX Freygang and Trocon Gagnier-Griffin St. Louis, Missour Garret t-Ford C Boston, Massachuse t Gates, James Geisel Const St. Louis, Missou Gibson, R.W. Philadelphia, Pen nneapolis, Minnesot ffalo, New York -H Haley Foundry and Machine Works Hamil ton, T.H. Hamil ton Bridge Company Hammond , Davi Hanse 11-Elcoc Harrington Ro Harris, Danie list of companies Harris, J. Harris, (D.L.) and Company Harris and Birnie See Agawam Foundry Springfield, Massachusetts Harris, Briggs and Company Springfield, Massachusetts Harris and Hawkins Springfield, M Harris and Leversedge Dallas, Texas Harris and Wright Springfield, M Hasie, (M.S.) Jr. Fort Worth, Texas Haskell, Henry C. See Albany Iron and Machine Works Albany, New York Haskell and Orchard See Albany Iron and Machine Works Albany, New York Haskins, W.J. Fargo, North Dakota Hathaway, (J.H.) and Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania