Owen W Davis

Owen Warren Davis

  • American

Owen Warren Davis was an American industrialist from Bangor, Maine, and the father of Owen Davis, the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Ice Bound. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1876/00/00 Owen W Davis and four others incorporated as the Katahdin Iron Company, lease the land from Piscataquis and assume operations. Mr Davis represents the best of the new managerial class which arose in the years following the American Civil War. Work Katahdin Ironworks Hundred-Mile Wilderness, ME
1880/10/20 Davis presents a paper at the annual meeting of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on desulphurized ore produces a superior iron while using less fuel. Inventor Katahdin Ironworks Hundred-Mile Wilderness, ME
1882/00/00 Davis buys a cargo of Spanish iron ore which is extracted at a low cost due to the proximity of the deposits near the sea and that many vessels are searching for return cargo to the United States. Work Katahdin Ironworks Hundred-Mile Wilderness, ME
1882/00/00 Owen W Davis moves into the Farrar-Sanford House. The Davis family will live here until 1888. Home Isaac Farrar Mansion, Bangor Bangor, ME
1882/09/15 The Bangor and Katahdin Iron Works Railway extends a railroad from the town of Milo to the Katahdin Ironworks. Work Katahdin Ironworks Hundred-Mile Wilderness, ME
1883/00/00 Davis and George D Colby design and build a gas furnace fueled by worthless charcoal braize, an residue which accumulated from the charcoal in the coal sheds, which save about 15,000 cords of wood and annually the work of two or three men. Work Katahdin Ironworks Hundred-Mile Wilderness, ME
1886/11/00 Owen Davis is elected vice president of the National Association of Charcoal Iron Workers at their annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Work
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