W. A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, On Water Street along Monongahela River, Rices Landing, Greene County, PA
Summary
Significance: W. A. Young and Sons Foundry and Machine Shop is a well-preserved example of a local machine shop that served the industrial and personal needs of its surrounding area. It represents a transition between the village blacksmith's shop and mass produced and marketed machine parts. The shop's changing role in the community is significant within the context of the evolution of industrialization in the Monongahela Valley.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N184
Survey number: HAER PA-199
Building/structure dates: 1900-1908 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Young, William A
Young, Carl
Young, Walter
Eicher, Robert
Moore, Andy
Crockard, Earl
Grooms, Franklin
Sharpneck, Francis
Sharpneck, Anson
U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Arnold, Glenn
Minor, William
Craig, Robert, field team
Kapsch, Robert, project manager
Herrin, Dean, project manager
Steel Industry Heritage Task Force, sponsor
Greene County Historical Society, sponsor
Robb, Frances C, historian
Brown, Mark M, historian
Marston, Christopher H, historian
Palombo, Paula, delineator
Green, Evelyn, delineator
Fluker, Roderick, delineator
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
greene county, 39.94535, -79.99561
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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