Badge, Identification
Object number2007.109.6
Date1957
MediumMetal; Paint
Credit LineGift of Thomas C. Kearns
DescriptionOval gold/bronze metal employee badge with straight pin on back. Front: Top, rounded half-moon painted red with embossed metal company name; in an open window at bottom of front, engraved removable grey plaque with employee number. Backside has engraved employee information.Dimensions1.5 x 2 in. (3.8 x 5.1 cm)InscriptionsFront: Top has embossed metal lettering, "MONONGAHELA CONNECTING / RAILROAD / COMPANY".
In an open window at bottom of front, engraved removable grey plaque, "52486".
Backside: same grey plaque, with engraved in cursive, "T.C. Kearns / Jan 57"; above straight pin, engraved in cursive into gold metal, "52486 / Kearns".
Historical NotesUsed by donor Thomas C. Kearns at the Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company. The Monongahela Connecting Railroad or Mon Conn is a small industrial railroad in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a subsidiary of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company and a large portion of its work was for its parent company, though it also served other industries along the line. The railroad is possibly best known for its Hot Metal Bridge which was used to carry molten iron across the Monongahela River from J&L's Eliza Furnaces to the Bessemer converters and rolling mills at J&L's South Side facility. The railroad is still in existence, but in much reduced form. The Hot Metal Bridge has been converted to a two-lane automobile bridge, and the railroad serves a few small industrial customers along one bank of the river.
Related institution
Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company
Previous owner
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
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The C.H. Hanson Company
c. 1960
1950-1959
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