Bridges, war and community: The history of wiremaking at the John A Roebling’s Sons Company Kinkora Works

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The John A. Roebling’s Sons Company has occupied a prominent place in the history of wiremaking in the United States. In 1905, the Roeblings began a new phase of expansion with the construction of the Kinkora Works near Florence Township in New Jersey. This paper focuses primarily on a technological history of the processes and products manufactured at the Kinkora Works and examines the system the Roeblings built around the technology of wire rope and its evolution.

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The John A. Roebling’s Sons Company has occupied a prominent place in the history of wiremaking in the United States. In 1905, the Roeblings began a new phase of expansion with the construction of the Kinkora Works near Florence Township in New Jersey. This paper focuses primarily on a technological history of the processes and products manufactured at the Kinkora Works and examines the system the Roeblings built around the technology of wire rope and its evolution.

Additional information

Author(s)

Matthew Sneddon, Lehigh University, USA

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 68th Annual Convention, Cleveland, OH USA Paper published in Wire Journal International, Sept. 1999, pg. 80.

Year

1998