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Scope and ContentAdvertisement: Let Union build the Road! Union Iron Works, Lackawanna Siding, Hoboken, N.J. Double-page black-and-white ad as published in Engineering News-Record, Market Section, Vol. 94, No. 1, January 1, 1925, pages 24-25. Two leaves removed from publication, 8-5/8" wide x 11-1/2" high. The company manufactured Union brand Hammers (pile drivers), Cableway Skips, Grout Mixer & Ejector, Buckets (for moving cement with a derrick or cableway), Asphalt and Tar Heating Equipment. Most of this equipment is depicted or described. A catalog titled "Pile Driving Equpment" has the cover and two pages shown along with a booklet "Asphalt and Tar Heating Equipment" with the cover and one page seen. The company's Hoboken address was 565 Newark St. at Monroe St. (adjacent to the Lackawanna train yard; the Lackawanna coal trestle was on the the south side of the plant) which is where Plant No. 1 was located. Across the street was Plant No. 2 which covered most of the block bounded by Newark, Ferry, Madison and Monroe Streets. (See Hopkins 1923, plate 3)