Sign
Object number2007.16.3
MediumSteel
Credit LineGift of Sarah Heppenstall
DescriptionHeavy, thin steel sheet sign. Rounded top edges; bottom edges slightly rounded. Edge-rim decorated. Embossed image of muscular steelworker pounding iron; embossed outlined text under image. Two small holes in middle of sheet. Back has a tight clip at the top. Dimensions9 x 16 in. (22.9 x 40.6 cm)InscriptionsEmbossed outlined under image: "HEPPENSTALL".
Written in red-colored crayon on the front middle bottom: "P.S."
MarksEngraved stamp on back, proper right middle: "SWINSTON, PA".
Historical NotesHeppenstall Company, a steel manufacturer, was located in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. It began in 1885 as Tretheway Company; in 1890, it was incorporated in Pennsylvania. The name changed to Pittsburgh Shear Knife & Machine Company in 1896, and again in 1904 to Heppenstall Forge & Knife Company with changes in leadership. When C.W. Heppenstall became president in 1923, he changed the name finally to Heppenstall Company in 1930.
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Heppenstall Steel
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