Name/Title
Alexander Crawford bustEntry/Object ID
1995.1.179Description
BRONZE BUST OF ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, 37" HIGH. MARBLE PEDESTAL, 60" HIGH WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON PEDESTAL "ALEXANDER CRAWFORD; INDUSTRIAL LEADER; PIONEER IN PRODUCTION OF BLOCK COAL AND IRON IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND INDIANA; SHIPPED FIRST LAKE ORE IN 1850; FIRST TO REDUCE COST OF PIG IRON BY UTILIZING WASTE GASSES OF BLAST FURNACES; OWNED FURNACES IN PENNSYLVANIA OHIO INDIANA AND MISSOURI BUILT RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA OHIO MISSOURI AND TENNESSEE ; BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA FEBRUARY 5TH 1815 DIED IN NEW CASTLE PENNSYLVANIA APRIL 1ST 1890"Collection
McKinleyAcquisition
Accession
1995.1Source or Donor
General Museum CollectionAcquisition Method
Gift