Charter of the Providence Iron Company, granted May 1848 and an Act in relation to Manufacturing Corporations passed June 1847

by Ri Providence

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12pp. 8vo. Removed. Not in Worldcat. Item #308554 The Providence Rolling Mill was built in 1845 on the corner of India Street, In Providence, RI and rolled T-rails for the railroads under the auspices of the New England Rail Company. In 1848, the Providence Iron Company was incorporated and the rail mill was refitted to manufacture spikes and nails. The mill had 20 furnaces, four trains of rolls, and 66 steam-driven nail machines. In 1856, the

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