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Phoenix Iron Works (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) Coordinates: 40°08′06″N 75°31′03″W. Mid-19th-century engraving of the Phoenix Iron Works. The Phoenix Iron Works (1855: Phoenix Iron Company; 1949: Phoenix Iron & Steel Company; 1955: Phoenix Steel Corporation), [1] located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, was a manufacturer of iron and ...
H.L. Leonard. Hiram Lewis Leonard, (January 23, 1831 – January 30, 1907) was the founder of the H.L. Leonard Rod Company. He has been regarded as the father of the modern fly rod. He was also an adventurer, gunsmith, engineer and maker of musical instruments. His exploits as a guide and hunter were written about by Henry David Thoreau.
E.W. Edwards. Eustis William Edwards (July 27, 1857 – December 31, 1931) was best known as a premier bamboo fly rod maker and innovator. During his time, the fly rods he made were considered the best of their kind. He worked for H.L. Leonard, co-created the Kosmic Rod, produced fly rods under his own name and manufactured them for the large ...
Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life—effects sufficiently ...
The Paul Young and company also purchased a large quantity of surplus B-29 electrical conduit, for use in making their rod tubes. The company was assisted in fabricating their devices, by a family friend and highly skilled local machinist, August Pernack. He also helped develop the 'step down' or Welsh style ferrule-making operation.
Dover Corporation is an American conglomerate manufacturer of industrial products. [5] The Downers Grove, Illinois-based company was founded in 1955. [5] [6] As of 2021, Dover's business was divided into five segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy and Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate and Sustainability Technologies. [7]
United States. Phoenix Iron Works (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) (1855–1984) Phoenix Iron Works (Oakland, California) (founded in 1901) Phoenix Iron Works of Hartford, renamed Taylor & Fenn in 1930, Connecticut, United States; see Stackpole, Moore, and Tryon Building. Phoenix Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, United States; see Richmond, Virginia.
The AIM-54 Phoenix is an American active radar-guided, beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (AAM), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platform. The AIM-54 Phoenix was the United States' only operational long-range AAM during its service life; its operational capabilities were ...