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Title: Iron Works Year: 1889
Photo ID: 137 Dimensions: Unknown
Format: Photograph (Black & White) Condition: Good
Collection: Local History Collection Repository Lake Oswego Library
 
Notes: Second Iron Furnace; photograph of a print of an engraving; original from a special supplement of West Shore Magazine 11/2/1889 p 240-241. A framed color print is located in the Local History Collection at the Lake Oswego Library; captioned: "Oregon's great industry - the manufacture of pig iron at Oswego. see page 232."
Notes on back: 147 Iron Smelter; Oswego Iron Works from West Shore; Oregon Historical Society [duplication rights stamp]
Duplication rights: Contact Oregon Historical Society for permission to duplicate. 503-306-5252; 503-222-1741.
Keywords: casting house; pig iron; sand floor; Oregon Iron & Steel Company; workers; iron furnace
Subjects: People; Buildings -- Commercial; Iron Industry