[SEL] Early Galloway trucks re-visited..possibly some new light

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks Rick...very educational.

Regards
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Rowlands" <jrrowlands at neo.rr.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Early Galloway trucks re-visited..possibly some new light


> Jones and Lauthlin was an integrated steel maker with plants in Pittsburgh 
> &
> Aliquippa, PA and Cleveland, Ohio.  They did have a side business of 
> making
> lineshafting and wheels etc. but it was miniscule compared to their main
> product line which includes steel angles, channels, sheets, plates and
> seamless pipe.  The building which we rent for storage has Jones and
> Laughlin rolled into the angles in its framework and it was built in 1916.
> Jones and Laughlins spelled with the S is much older.  According to my
> information the S was dropped from the name in 1902 when the company was
> reorganized.  So probably the last steel with the S in the name was rolled
> in 02 or 03 when the worn out rolls were changed out.
>
> An interesting bit of trivia is that your steel would most certainly have
> been rolled on a mill powered by engines very similar to our Tod Engine.
>
> Illinois stands for Illinois Steel Company which became Carnegie Illinois
> Steel and eventually part of United States Steel. It would have been 
> rolled
> in a mill in the Chicago District but I have seen products rolled in the 
> 40s
> still labeled Carnegie Illinois so thats impossible to date.
>
> It is more plausible that Galloway cast their own wheels and purchased 
> steel
> from J&L instead of J&L building the carts.
>
> One of my interests is collecting steel sections with names rolled into 
> it.
> I have tons of pipe with "Youngstown" rolled into it as well as Bethlehem,
> J&L, US Steel etc.  I think the rarest is the name "Pencoyd" rolled into a
> small I beam.  Nothing like good old American made steel!   Even have a
> slice cut from the first railroad rail rolled in Youngstown at Republic
> Steel in 1905.  That mill was powered by a Tod engine and I have a copy of
> the contract between William Tod Co. and Republic to build the engine.
>
> Rick Rowlands
> Tod Engine Foundation
> 2261 Hubbard Road
> Youngstown, OH  44505
> 330-728-2799
> www.todengine.org
>
> William Tod Co. 34" x 68" x 60" Cross Compound Rolling Mill Engine
> Historic Mechanical and Materials Engineering Landmark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
> To: "sel" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Cc: "John Cullom" <jcullom at adelphia.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 9:21 AM
> Subject: [SEL] Early Galloway trucks re-visited..possibly some new light
>
>
> > Howdy all;
> >  A while back I posted a similiar picture of the rolled I-beam with 
> > "Jones
> > & Laughlins" rolled into it.  Here's a pix I took yesterday..sorry for 
> > the
> > focus:
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/450795558/494028266iYFELd
> >
> > Well the other day, friend Corky got a book on Lineshafting and such:
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/491988576/491988576tWimdS
> >
> > and it looks like not only did they do lineshafting equipment but also 
> > did
> > trucks:
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/491981832/491981832ZpdjAv
> >
> > and wheels:
> >
> > http://community.webshots.com/photo/491989840/491989840YopUJH
> >
> > So possibly J&L built the early style trucks for Galloway.
> >
> > My sawing outfit is possibly an add on..and rolled into it is
> > "Illinois."..
> >
> > Do any of you see Jones and Laughlins on your trucks, especially the 
> > post
> > 1916 models.
> >
> > I believe both companies became Pittsburg Steel or American Steel...one 
> > of
> > those.
> >
> > Well I found it interesting..hope ya did the same
> >
> > Regards
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