Independent Iron Works

Independent Iron Works (IIW) was an Oakland, California headquartered steel fabricator founded in the 1920s ^[1] by William G. Meagher from Port Angeles, Washington, later co-owned with Henry F. Gede, of Oakland.^[2] Secondary facilities were located in Los Angeles, California.

Contracts[]

Important contracts included girders for the James Lick Freeway in San Francisco, California, bridges along the Northern California Coast, and the Union Oil Building in Los Angeles, California.

Legal contests[]

IIW took several legal contests with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel to US Federal Court over completive practices.^[3]

Sale[]

After a sale in 1958, the major facilities came under the ownership of Phoenix Iron Works. The latter firm's name can be found on many roadway manhole covers in California.

References[]

^ "Independent Iron Works, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. United States Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel Company, and Kaiser Steel Corporation, Appellees, 322 F.2d 656 (9th Cir. 1963)".
^ Board of Port Commissioners, City of Oakland, Res. No. 5439, 6 May 1940, www.portofoakland.com/pdf/board/1940_resolutions.pdf
^ Independent Iron Works, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp., 322 F.2d 656 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 922, 84 S.Ct. 267, 11 L.Ed.2d 165 (1963)

[1] "Independent Iron Works, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. United States Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel Company, and Kaiser Steel Corporation, Appellees, 322 F.2d 656 (9th Cir. 1963)".

[2] Board of Port Commissioners, City of Oakland, Res. No. 5439, 6 May 1940, www.portofoakland.com/pdf/board/1940_resolutions.pdf

[3] Independent Iron Works, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp., 322 F.2d 656 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 922, 84 S.Ct. 267, 11 L.Ed.2d 165 (1963)

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