West Point Foundry Association
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found: Wright family. Papers, 1785-1902(West Point Foundry Association; organized ca. 1817 for the purpose of supplying ordnance to the U.S. Army; inc. in N.Y., Apr. 15, 1818; built blast-furnace and foundry near Cold Spring Landing, Putnam Co., N.Y., across Hudson River from West Point; also constructed a machine shop and finishing shop on Beach St. in NYC, specializing in marine steam engines; built first commercially successful locomotive in U.S., 1830; machine shop moved to Cold Spring, ca. 1839; Cold Spring Furnace abandoned, June 1844)
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Change Notes
1993-01-20: new
1993-01-22: revised
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