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Puerto Rico Iron Works
Company typePrivate
IndustryIron foundry
FoundedPonce, Puerto Rico (1918)
HeadquartersPonce, Puerto Rico
Key people
Antonio Ferré Bacallao, José A. Ferré, Luis A. Ferré, Carlos F. Ferré, Hermann Ferré
ProductsManhole covers
Rail tracks
Water meter covers

Puerto Rico Iron Works (founded as Porto Rico Iron Works) was a heavy industry iron foundry located in barrio La Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1918.[1] The foundry "was Puerto Rico's most prolific steel bridge fabricator in the 20th Century"[2] and the largest iron foundry in the Antilles.[3] At its peak, it employed over 700 people.[4] It closed in 1973.[5]

  1. ^ Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday: Luis A. Ferre Aguayo (1904-2003). Marialba Martinez. Puerto Rico Herald. 30 October 2003. Accessed 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ Builder and Designer of Bridge Structures "Batey Columbia Railroad Bridge - Spanning the Maunabo River" (Barrio Calzada, Maunabo, PR), In "Historic American Engineering Record". National Park Service, Southeast Region, Department of the Interior. Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Page 6 Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  3. ^ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edificio Empresas Ferre, a.k.a., Centros Isolina Ferre. Juan Llanes Santos, Historian. Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office. 19 June 2013. San Juan, Puerto Rico. National Register of Historic Places. ID # 13000638. Page 7. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ^ Cierra la Porto Rico Iron; 171 quedan sin empleo. El Mundo. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 20 February 1982.
  5. ^ Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 25. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.

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