Pressed Steel Car Company
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| Pressed Steel Car Company | |
|---|---|
| Fate | |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Defunct | |
| Location | New Jersey, USA |
| Products | railroad locomotive parts |
| Key people | Charles T. Schoen, President |
On January 13 1899 the Pressed Steel Car Company was incorporated in New Jersey.[1] This was an amalgamation of the the Schoen Pressed Steel Company, Pittsburgh, and the British company, the Fox Solid Pressed Steel Company, set up in 1889 in Joliet, 30 miles south-west of Chicago. See Leeds Forge Company for further details.
[edit] Officers
| President | Charles T. Schoen |
| 1st Vice President | E.N. Dickerson |
| 2nd Vice President | Henry W. Oliver Jr. |
| 3rd Vice President | W.H. Schoen |
| Secretary | W.O. Jacquette |
| Treasurer | W.C. DeArmond |
| General Manager | F.A. Schoen |
| Sales Agent | J.B. Brady |
[edit] Strike
In 1909, the famous Pressed Steel Car Company Strike occurred.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ironhorse129.com/RollingStock/builders/pressedsteel1.htm Pressed Steel Car Co
- ^ http://www.library.pitt.edu/labor_legacy/PressedSteelStrike.htm Pressed Steel Strike
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