Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia: A Study of Industrial Survival, 1873-1892

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dc.contributor.advisorPetrik, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCafferata, Lee Ann
dc.creatorCafferata, Lee Ann
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T10:20:50Z
dc.date.available2016-09-28T10:20:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractTredegar Iron Works had been the fourth largest iron manufactory in the nation during the antebellum period, the principal supplier of armaments to the Confederacy during the Civil War, and a mainstay of southern economic recovery in the post-War era. With the onset of the Panic of 1873, however, Tredegar faced financial ruin when its railroad markets collapsed. Technological obsolescence threatened as the emergence of the steel industry slowly, but inexorably, eclipsed portions of the iron industry during the 1870s and 1880s.
dc.format.extent239 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10417
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 Lee Ann Cafferata
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectIron manufacture
dc.subjectNineteenth century
dc.subjectSouthern business
dc.subjectSouthern industry
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectTredegar Ironworks
dc.titleTredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia: A Study of Industrial Survival, 1873-1892
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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