Albany and Rensselaer Ironworks
Ironworks, Troy, New York.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Troy, New York
- Years
- 1861-1865
ALBANY AND RENSSELAER IRONWORKS
The two South Troy works employed more than a thousand men and were reckoned the largest producers of railroad iron in the country. The Troy mills made Monitor's angle and bar iron, spikes and bolts, and the Albany Ironworks rolled armor plate for her with H. Abbott & Sons.
Then
The two South Troy works employed more than a thousand men and were reckoned the largest producers of railroad iron in the country. John Winslow and John Griswold of the two works handled Monitor's finances and iron. The Troy mills made some of her angle and bar iron, spikes and bolts, and the Albany Ironworks rolled armor plate for her with H. Abbott & Sons.
The Bessemer Steel Company, the first Bessemer plant in North America, began making steel on the Rensselaer Ironworks grounds in February 1865.
Now
Lines owned by CPKC and CSX run through Troy today.
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