Montour Iron Works, Danville, Pennsylvania

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Title	Montour Iron Works, Danville, Pennsylvania
Artist	Lahr, F. V.
Artist Country	American
Artist Life Dates	1824-1877
Artist Life Century	Nineteenth
Lithographer	P. S. Duval & Co.'s Steam Lithographer Press, Philadelphia
Resource Type	image
Genre	lithographs color lithographs
File Format	image/jpeg
Physical Description	Hand-colored lithograph ; 20 3/4 in. x 28 1/2 in.
Caption	The Montour Iron Company formed the pattern for the industrial life of Danville for more than one hundred years. At one time it employed two thousand workers, had more than two thousand acres of land, and owned more than three hundred dwellings for its workmen and their families. It was at the Montour Iron Works that the first "T" rail, which permitted railroads to operate more safely with greater weight and speed, was produced.
Notes	after Queen, James
Inscriptions	BMC: From Nature by J. Queen
Subject	Town view
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montour
City	Danville
Latitude	40.96342
Longitude	-76.61273
Accession Number	86.684
Sorting Number	1986.684
Repository	Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University
Collection	O'Connor-Yeager Collection
Restrictions on Use	This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For more details see: http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsoy.htm
Preferred Citation	Palmer Museum of Art, partial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Record ID	OY301

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