American Sheet & Tin Plate Co.
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company was an American industrial company specialized in tinplate products. The company produced sheets of steel, coated with a thin layer of tin.
Photographs of the company's plant is part of the archive collections of the University of Indiana.[1]
History
Early years
The earliest roots of the company trace back to November 1903 when the American Tin Plate Company and the American Sheet Steel company merged.[2]. By the time of the merge a total of seventy one plants were included in the consolidation of the companies.[3]
During April 1906 the company started the Sabraton Works plant at Morgantown, West Virginia at a time when the scarcity of steel was affecting the operation of tin plate plants.[4]
The company experienced labor unrest in 1919.[5]
The company was involved in a U.S. Supreme Court case (1937).[6]
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. Steel Photograph Collection - American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., Looking West Toward Tin Plate Plant from #2 Scrap Yard Structure". U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection, 1906-1971. Indiana University. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
- ^ "Steel Trust Proposes To Cut Pay Of Employees". Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Sun. 12 November 1903. p. 1.
- ^ "Political and General". Bloomington, Illinois: The Pantagraph. 1 January 1904. p. 4.
- ^ "Tin Plante Plants Closed". New York, New York: The Wall Street Journal. 18 April 1906. p. 8.
- ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 11 November 1919 — LABOUR UNREST". The Evening Post (New Zealand)publisher=PapersPast. 1919-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
- ^ "United States v. American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. - 301 U.S. 402 (1937)". Justia US Supreme Court Center. 1937-05-17. Retrieved 2013-11-28.
Further reading
- "STEEL HEAD ASKS FEDERAL AID IN ABOLITION OF 12-HOUR DAY". Christian Science Monitor. July 27, 1923.