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Bridge Building on a National Scale: The King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company (1989)

Simmons, David (Author)

IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Pages: 23-39

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40968173

Publication Date: 1989
Edition Details: THEME ISSUE: BRIDGES
Language: English

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Sales personnel Railroads Bridge--Design and construction Patents Business enterprises Industrial archaeology Business history 19th century United States

Most bridge historians are familiar with the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, established by Zenas King about the time of the Civil War. It became one of the leading bridge firms in the United States during the second half of the 19th century, based in part on a corporate structure and shop methods that facilitated a national operation. But it was King's extraordinary group of salesmen who built a diversity and quantity of sales that ultimately brought national fame to the company.

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Article Emory L. Kemp; Jet Lowe (1989) The Fabric of Historic Bridges. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 3-22). unapi

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