TAWms005.xml Guide to the Astoria Iron Works Records 1880-1930 Astoria Iron Works Records Finding aid prepared by Jean Fisher Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, Special Collections & Archives
1102 Tacoma Ave South Tacoma, WA, 98402 253-292-2001 ext. 1605 nwr@tacomalibrary.org http://www.tplonline.org/Page.aspx?nid=7
2014 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-02-17 English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Astoria Iron Works Records MS-005 Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, Special Collections and Archives
1102 Tacoma Ave South Tacoma, WA, 98402 253-292-2001 ext. 1605 nwr@tacomalibrary.org http://www.tplonline.org/Page.aspx?nid=7
Collection materials are in English. 3.3 cubic feet 5 boxes and 9 oversize ledgers 1880-1930 This collection contains the business records of Astoria Iron Works, a prominent canning machinery company started in 1881 in Astoria, Oregon. Astoria Iron Works Historical Note

Astoria Iron Works was a prominent canning machinery company started in 1881 in Astoria, Oregon by John Fox. In 1906 he was joined in the venture by Nelson Troyer, formerly associated with the American Can Company at Astoria and Portland, Oregon. In 1913 the company opened a large factory in Seattle and became the Seattle-Astoria Iron Works. In 1928 the name changed to the Troyer-Fox Manufacturing Company and the company was bought by the Continental Can Company, Inc. In 1932, Troyer-Fox Manufacturing Company and the Continental Can Company, Inc. of Washington were both dissolved and their assets taken over by the Continental Can Company, Inc. of New York.

Collection includes financial and tax records, legal documents, lists of stock holders, audit reports, and correspondence primarily regarding the dissolution of the Troyer-Fox Manufacturing Company and the Continental Can Company, Inc. of Washington.

This collection is open for research.

Purchased from Shorey’s Bookstore, Seattle, WA, 1973.

Astoria Iron Works Records; MS-005 ; box [ ]; Northwest Room Special Collections, Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA.

 Fox, John Troyer, Nelson Astoria Iron Works Continental Can Company, inc. Seattle-Astoria Iron Works Troyer-Fox Manufacturing Company Astoria (Or.) Seattle (Wash.) Canned foods industry Canneries--Oregon Canneries--Washington (State) Foundries--Washington (State)--Seattle Businesses and Corporations Fishing and Canning