Oliver Iron and Steel Corporation
The Oliver Iron and Steel Corporation was a manufacturer of iron and steel hardware including nuts, bolts, screws, and horseshoes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The company was originally Oliver Brothers and Phillips after the Oliver Brothers concern merged with the Phillips Iron Works,[1] later Oliver Iron and Steel Company before becoming Oliver Iron and Steel Corporation in 1922. In its early times Henry W. Oliver was president of the company. The company controlled the Allegheny and South Side Railway by stock ownership.
Until 1897, the Lower Works at Woods Run in the city of Allegheny (now Pittsburgh's North Side) included rolling mills. In that year, the Schoen Pressed Steel Company bought the Lower Works. The Upper Works, in the South Side, made hardware from iron and steel.
Around 1951, the of Corinth, Mississippi was acquired and made the Berry Division of Oliver Iron and Steel.[2]
In late September 1954 the company suffered a work stoppage. Contemporary newspaper accounts mentioned threats of plant closure at the time unless the strike ended.
During 1955 longtime president moved on to the division of the Henry J. Kaiser Company, and was elected the new president.
The Berry Division was subject to an antitrust lawsuit filed on June 11, 1956[3][4] At about the same time, the fastener business was sold to ,[5] and the pole line hardware business was merged into the of Battle Creek, Michigan.[6] The company had lost money each of the previous 4 years.
Oliver Iron and Steel merged into the effective December 31, 1956.
As a new plant for Pittsburgh Screw and Bolt Company was started outside Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County in 1957[7] the former Oliver Iron and Steel facilities in the Pittsburgh South Side were soon empty. The facilities and land, as well as the Allegheny and South Side Railway, were sold to , who planned an industrial and warehousing park on the land. Pittsburgh City Planning Department aerial photos from 1962 show the land cleared to dirt.
References[]
- ^ Oliver Iron and Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records Finding Aid, 1863–1930, 1959, AIS.1964.06, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
- ^ "Applied Hydraulics". Applied Hydraulics : The Magazine of Fluid Power. Industrial Publishing Corporation (v. 3-4). 1950. ISSN 0096-3933. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ Lindstrom, T.S.; Tighe, K.P.; American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (1974). Antitrust consent decrees: voluntary antitrust compliance: analysis and history of Justice Department consent decrees. Vol. 2. Lawyers Co-operative Pub. Co. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
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has generic name (help) - ^ United States, Commerce Clearing House (1952). The Federal Antitrust Laws: With Summary of Cases Instituted by the United States, 1890-1951.(regarding sales of hydraulic elevator motors)
- ^ "ROPE PRODUCERS ACT TO DIVERSIFY; Plymouth Cordage Takes Over 2 Findings Plants of United Shoe Machinery OTHER SALES, MERGERS Moffat Coal Co. Pittsburgh Screw & Bolt COMPANIES PLAN SALES, MERGERS Stauffer Chemical". The New York Times. June 16, 1956.
- ^ Bennett, E.C. (1957). "Electric Light & Power". Electric Light & Power. PennWell Publishing Company. 35. ISSN 0013-4120. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "NEW PLANT FINANCED; Pittsburgh Screw Bolt Plans $6,000,000 Construction". The New York Times. July 14, 1957.
- Manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania