Sign
Object number2014.81.1
Manufacturer
Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Company
MediumMetal/Enamel
Credit LineGift of Robert Trakofler
DescriptionRectangular metal and enamel sign. Black with white text on front. Six cut holes around edge for hanging purposes.Dimensions12 x 72 in. (30.5 x 182.9 cm)InscriptionsBlack with white text: "50 TON MORGAN CRANE / THE MORGAN ENGINEERING CO. ALLIANCE, O."
MarksText pressed into the bottom edge, right of center: "INGRAM-RICHARDSON, Beaver Falls, Pa. & 100 Wilson St., N.Y."
Historical NotesMorgan gantry crane sign from the Jones & Laughlin mill in the South Side. Donor Robert Trakofler's friend was a crane operator in the mill and was the last one there when they closed the mill down. He took the sign with him. The sign originally hung across the girder above the crane. A gantry crane lifts objects by a hoist which is fitted in a hoist trolley and can move horizontally on a rail or pair of rails fitted under a beam. In the mill, it was most likely used to move ore or possibly load it into cars or barges.
Related institution
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
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Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Company
Renwal American Sundries Company
The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, Inc.
1945-2009
