PRR Co. inspectors and PRR truck   Save
Buckeye Steel Castings Company
Description: Group of men described as "PRR Co. Inspectors" with a piece of equipment described as a PRR truck, August 28, 1915. PRR possibly stands for Pennsylvania Railroad. This photograph was likely taken at Buckeye Steel Castings Company, which began producing iron castings in Columbus, Ohio, in 1881. The company struggled until it shifted its product to automatic car couplers for railroads. The firm quickly grew, primarily due to the demand for its couplers as well as the lack of major strikes. In 1902, the company switched from manufacturing iron to steel couplings. By 1916, Buckeye Steel Castings claimed to be "the largest steel foundry in the world" to produce steel castings for railroads. Throughout the twentieth century, Buckeye Steel Castings Company specialized in railroad parts, especially coupling mechanisms and the entire undercarriage of railroad cars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03621
Subjects: Steel industry and trade--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Buckeye Steel Castings Company