Cyrus Alger & Co. foundry
Foundry, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Foundry
- Where
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Years
- 1861-1865
CYRUS ALGER FOUNDRY
Boston foundry, 1861-1865, one of the four that cast Rodman guns for the Army. Founder Cyrus Alger incorporated the South Boston Iron Company in 1817, and the first gun rifled in America was made at his works in 1834.
Then
One of the four foundries that cast Rodman guns for the Army. Founder Cyrus Alger incorporated the South Boston Iron Company in 1817, and the first gun rifled in America was made at his works in 1834.
Now
Lines owned by smaller railroads and CSX run through Boston today.
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