Horace Abbott (July, 29 1806 – August 8, 1887) was an American iron manufacturer and banker. His work included the armor plating for the USS Monitor, USS Agamenticus, USS Roanoke, and the USS Monadnock.[1]
He was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1806. Abbott move to Baltimore in 1836 and purchased the Canton Iron Works in Baltimore, Maryland, which specialized in the production of steamboat and railroad components.[1] It was renamed the Abbott Iron Company. The company's 1850 mill was largest iron mill in the United States at that time.[2]
He also was the founder of Baltimore 1st National Bank, and a director of the 2nd National Bank of Baltimore and the Union Railroad of Baltimore, acquired by the Northern Central Railway in 1882, eventually becoming part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Abbott died in Baltimore.