Etna Iron Works records
Scope and Content
The Etna Iron Works collection includes:
One small Shipments book that stretches from 1873 to 1876 and includes a list of shipments of
iron ore cars to Etna furnace.
A Ledger of “Graynest Woodchopping Job” from 1899 that spans 22 pages. It includes a list
of employees, “choppers”, and how much they produced.
A Payroll ledger that spans 462 pages and stretches from September 1st 1886 to January 30th 1888. It
includes a payroll list for current employed workers.
A “Hands” ledger that spans 639 pages and stretches from February 13th 1882 to May 5th 1883, and
includes a list of debits and credits of employees.
Dates
- Creation: 1873 - 1899
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
History of Etna Iron Works Co,.
In 1820 Joseph and Kitty Dollarhide Kelly moved their family to the Lawrence County area where Etna Furnace was later built. In 1832 Joseph Kelly sold their land to James Rodgers and others and built Etna Furnace. WWhen the mammoth furnace of the Etna Iron Works was erected in 1872, only one of the twin stacks was completed. The Etna Iron Works Co. owned 16,000 acres of land around Etna and Vesuvius furnaces (to be: Lawrence County). The Etna company mined about 30,00 tons a year, and was eventually bought by and incorporated into the Marting Iron and Steel Co. in January of 1899.
Extent
0.3 cubic feet
Abstract
The collection includes bound volumes from the Etna Iron Works of Lawrence County, Ohio spanning from 1873 to 1888 documenting the workers, payroll and shipments.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection remains in its original arrangement.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
- Etna Iron Works (Lawrence County, Ohio) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Etna Iron Works records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Anna Gabritchidze
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
- February 2024: Historical note and scope and content note updated by Samuel Coletta-Bates.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
