Wheland Foundry
Item
- Title
- Wheland Foundry
- Date Created
- 1942 – 1955
- Description
- Large casting being introduced into the forging furnace at Wheland Foundry, located at South Broad and 28th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Foundry established by George W. Wheland in Athens, Tennessee in 1866. Moved to Chattanooga 1873. Acquired by Gordon P. Street in 1945, closed in 2002 and demolished 2004. Company built sawmill components, oil field drilling equipment, steam engines, anchor windlasses and automotive casings. During World War I plant produced artillery shells and guns.
- Extent
- 1 photograph, b&w, 21 x 26 cm. (8 1/4 x 10 in.); 1 negative, 4 x 5 in.
- Collection
- Picture File
- Rights
- Copyright Undetermined
- Citation
- Picture File. Chattanooga Public Library.
- Identifier
- 00005286
- Type
- Still image
- Item sets
- Picture File
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