Cat345bl wrote:Nice pics John and your brother Dave. I came across Roebling steel on maps before, I am surprised it lasted that long with U.S. steel not that far away. Anyway Roebling has a little museum at the entrance of the mill, I think they have straddle carrier there, along with another GE switcher, and various mill peices.
Roebling pretty much had the market cornered for cable in the early 1900's. The Kinkora Works, which is the site with the locos, made steel from scrap metal. The steel was only made to produce wire which was shipped by rail to the Trenton works where it was spun into cables. They also casted their own line of hooks, becketts , shieves, and other parts. No structural steel like what US Steel made.
At the time this mill was at it's hey day they were building skyscrapers all over the country. Elevator cable was one of their biggest sellers. And of course cable for bridges like the Golden Gate, George Washington, and others.
We rally round the family, with a pocket full of shells.....
