Oregon Iron Works

  • 1882 to 1928: Oregon Iron and Steel Company
  • 1865 to 1876: Oregon Iron Company
  • 1877 to 1881: Oswego Iron Company
  • American

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Notable Position Person From To
Partner William S Ladd 1865 1869
Owner Henry Villard 1880
Vice-President William M Ladd 1882
Owner Simeon G Reed 1880

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1862/00/00 A blacksmith at Oswego smelts iron ore found in the vicinity of Oswego and makes a pick and horseshoe nails. Genesis Oregon Iron Company Furnace Lake Oswego
1865/00/00 At Oswego, a small town on the Willamette River south of Portland, H C Leonard, H D Green and William S Ladd make plans to build the first blast furnace and iron foundry in the Pacific Northwest. Owner Oregon Iron Company Furnace Lake Oswego
1865/00/00 The Oswego Iron Company is established with a capital of $500,000 by promoters and chief stockholders William S Ladd, H C Leonard and H D Green. Established
1865/05/13 At a meeting of the of the Oswego Iron Company stockholders W S Ladd is elected president, H C Leonard Vice-president and Henry Failing, Addison M Starr, John Green and Henry D Green directors. History
1867/08/24 On its first day of production, the Oswego Iron Company furnace pours six tons of metal. The blast furnace averages eight tons per day, and two and a half tons of locally dug limonite ore produce one ton of pig iron. Owners Oregon Iron Company Furnace Lake Oswego
1867/11/00 Starkey-McCully Block is built, cast iron ground floor facade and 2nd story cornice and window cornices are manufactured by the Oregon Iron Works Architect Starkey-McCully Block Salem
1882/00/00 Owner Iron Workers' Cottage Lake Oswego
1945/03/14 Oregon Iron and Steel Company sells for $13,234.60 to the City of Lake Oswego, the eastern portion of what will become George Rogers Park Seller Oregon Iron Company Furnace Lake Oswego
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