Article ID: CBB079353696

From Mayville to Milwaukee: The Visual Culture of the Iron and Steel Industry in Southeastern Wisconsin (2008)

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John H. Kopmeier (Author)


IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 34
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 59-72


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: IA IN ART
Language: English

Between 1845 and 1930 the iron and steel industries of southeastern Wisconsin were born, grew, and died. Although little trace of these companies remains, they were once huge complexes: three mines, three blast furnaces, a coke plant, and a lime works in Mayville; and three blast furnaces, a rolling mill, and a steel mill in Milwaukee. The price of pig iron, changes in railroad rail composition to steel, and consolidation within the iron and steel industry conspired to put an end to these fabulous factories. While the plants are long gone, they left their mark on both communities, and in Milwaukee, started a plethora of businesses using iron and steel in the manufacture of products from compressors to cranes. This industrial chronicle is highly detailed and complex. Paintings, prints, works of decorative art, and ephemera give visual form to a rich Wisconsin.

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Article Betsy Fahlman (2008) Industrial Archeology and Art: Negotiating the Past and Present. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 5-8). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Betsy Fahlman
Reynolds, Terry S.
Thomas E. Leary
Paul White
Gordon C. Pollard
David B. Landon
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Technology and art
Art of Industry
Iron Mines and Mining
Iron and iron industry
Artists
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Michigan (U.S.)
Carp River
Lackawanna, NY
Great Lakes (North America)
Institutions
Bethlehem Steel Company
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