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Ad, magazine: Let Union build the Road! Union Iron Works, Lackawanna Siding, Hoboken; in Engineering News-Record, Jan. 1, 1925.
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Advertisement: 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)
2011.005.0042
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Lukacs, Claire
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Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1925 - 1925
Date(s) Created: 1925 Date(s): 1925
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Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-04-05