Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . ars ofidleness, occupied by the Metal EngineeringCompany and the Metal and Machine Com-pany. Danville is peculiarly an iron town and fromits early years it has been engaged in manu-facturing from iron and steel. The first iron foundry established in Dan-ville was that of John C. Thiel, erected in1829. In 1830 Casper Thiel acquired controland in the latter part of that year formed apartnersh
Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . ars ofidleness, occupied by the Metal EngineeringCompany and the Metal and Machine Com-pany. Danville is peculiarly an iron town and fromits early years it has been engaged in manu-facturing from iron and steel. The first iron foundry established in Dan-ville was that of John C. Thiel, erected in1829. In 1830 Casper Thiel acquired controland in the latter part of that year formed apartnership with Samuel Bitler, Sr. In 1831Mr. died and on April i8th of that yearThiel failed in business. The creditors oper-ated the plant until 1832 and then closed i)roducts of the foundry were millgudgeons, mold boards, plowshares, landslides, wagon boxes, andirons, sadirons andgriddles. The Eagle Foundry was built on the eastside of Ferry street, along the canal, in 1837,by Moore & Stuart. Samuel Huber was thechief molder. In December. 1838. the build-ing burned with a loss of ten thousand dol-lars, but was rebuilt in 1842 by Stuart. Biddle& Llovd. A machine shop was later added. Gristmill at AIausdale, Pa., Uuilt ix iiSoo—Partially Rebuilt
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