H. Abbott & Sons rolling mills
Ironworks, Canton, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Canton, Baltimore, Maryland
- Years
- 1861-1865
ABBOTT ROLLING MILLS
Horace Abbott's mills rolled the armor plate for Monitor's turret and plate for most of the armored vessels built in the North, more armor than any other firm. In 1863 they rolled 250,000 pounds of iron in 48 hours.
Then
Horace Abbott's mills rolled the armor plate for Monitor's turret and plate for most of the armored vessels built in the North, more armor than any other firm. They also made mortar beds for the western rivers and for Porter's flotilla at New Orleans, and in 1863 rolled 250,000 pounds of iron in 48 hours.
The works incorporated after the war as the Abbott Iron Company and turned to rails, boiler and plate iron.
Now
Lines owned by CSX, Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Canton, Baltimore today.
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