Name/Title
Ad, magazine: Let Union build the Road! Union Iron Works, Lackawanna Siding, Hoboken; in Engineering News-Record, Jan. 1, 1925.Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0042Scope and Content
Advertisement: Let Union build the Road! Union Iron Works, Lackawanna Siding, Hoboken, N.J.
Double-page black-and-white ad as published in Engineering News-Record, Market Section, Vol. 94, No. 1, January 1, 1925, pages 24-25. Two leaves removed from publication, 8-5/8" wide x 11-1/2" high.
The company manufactured Union brand Hammers (pile drivers), Cableway Skips, Grout Mixer & Ejector, Buckets (for moving cement with a derrick or cableway), Asphalt and Tar Heating Equipment. Most of this equipment is depicted or described.
A catalog titled "Pile Driving Equpment" has the cover and two pages shown along with a booklet "Asphalt and Tar Heating Equipment" with the cover and one page seen.
The company's Hoboken address was 565 Newark St. at Monroe St. (adjacent to the Lackawanna train yard; the Lackawanna coal trestle was on the the south side of the plant) which is where Plant No. 1 was located. Across the street was Plant No. 2 which covered most of the block bounded by Newark, Ferry, Madison and Monroe Streets. (See Hopkins 1923, plate 3)Acquisition
Accession
2011.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1925 - 1925Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1925
Date(s): 1925General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-04-05