Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, 1894/1896

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Reed Island Iron Company (Pulaski County, Va.) (1881-1906)
Abstract:
The collection contains two receipts issued to the Reed Island Iron Company of Pulaski County, Virginia.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains two receipts issued to the Reed Island Iron Company of Pulaski County, Virginia. The first receipt, dated 1894, was issued by the Dora Furnace Company for three pinions; the second, dated 1896, is from Lynchburg, Virginia wholesale grocers Robinson, Tate & Company and lists purchases of coffee, medicine and equipment.

Biographical / historical:

The Reed Island Iron Furnace, located three miles from Allisonia, Virginia, commenced operation in 1881 and operated until 1908. The furnace produced up to 12 tons of pig iron per day.

The Reed Island Furnace was first operated by the Reed Island Iron Company, in Reed Island, Virginia (near Allisonia), beginning around 1881. The furnace itself was in Pulaski County, while the company was based in Wythe County. By 1898, the furnace and the company appeared to be the property and works of the Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company, who ran the furnace until about 1906. The furnace produced up to 12 tons of pig iron per day and operated until 1908.

External Sources:

Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada. Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 1890. Available online at Google Books.

Supplement to the Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States. Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 1900. Available online at Google Books.

Acquisition information:
The Reed Island Iron Company Receipts were purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The documents had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Reed Island Iron Company Receipts commenced and was completed in March 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard