Vtg Mackintosh Hemphill co Cast Alum Sign Train Steam Engine Pgh Pa Antique Adv! Cast aluminum sign, couldnt find another one anywhere online..... guessing a display sign on building? would have looked great in front walkway or entrance!!
The partnership of James Hemphill, W. S. Mackintosh and W. N. Hart, operating as Mackintosh, Hemphill & Co., opened a Pittsburgh machine shop where they made steam engines and other products. They later incorporated as the Mackintosh-Hemphill Co.
By the late 1870s, Mackintosh-Hemphill had expanded considerably and increasingly specialized in outfitting steel rolling mills, and they were responsible for outfitting many, if not most, of the Pittsburgh-area steel mills. Over the decades they made metalworking machines of interest to us here, including very large lathes. In their later years they specialized in making large rolls. The company was acquired by E.W Bliss co.in 1955, and then in 1968 it became a division of Gulf and Western Industries. In 1985 the foundry closed its doors; in '87 they filed for bankruptcy and the business shut down for good. Many of their buildings were demolished. In 1991 the surviving large foundry building was designated by the City of Pittsburgh as an historic structure.selling as pictured.
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