. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. was added in 1S74, and it was destroyed by hrein June, 1876. The growth of this concern has been the wonder of WesternPenns\lvania. It is to-day classed as the largest industrialestablishment in the couutr\- and it is the largest tube works inthe world. When running to its full capacity it employs nearlyten thousand hands and its product is shipped to all parts of thecivilized world. The capital of the Company is $11,500,000. andit maintains branch
. The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894. was added in 1S74, and it was destroyed by hrein June, 1876. The growth of this concern has been the wonder of WesternPenns\lvania. It is to-day classed as the largest industrialestablishment in the couutr\- and it is the largest tube works inthe world. When running to its full capacity it employs nearlyten thousand hands and its product is shipped to all parts of thecivilized world. The capital of the Company is $11,500,000. andit maintains branch offices in the principal cities throughout thecountry. The enormous proportions of this industry, its remark-able facilities for turning out tonnage, places it in a position tocommand an extensive trade, and the vast number of mennecessary to operate the works, makes it largely the mainspringof the cit\s prosperity. It is an establishment that any cit\ inthe world would be proud to possess. The National pipe mill waserected in 1872; the National rolling mill, in 1879; Nationalsteel plant, in i892-93_; Monongahela furnaces, in 1892; Bostpi]. 4\
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