Phoenix Iron Works records, 1901-1964

The Phoenix Iron Works, located on the east side of Portland, Oregon, was formed in 1901. Its original directors were Samuel Morrow, president; C. H. Fuchs, vice president; Louis Steinhouser, secretary; and Metta G. Wolff. Originally the company leased space from the Wolff and Zwicker Iron Works. The Wolff and Zwicker works, located at the east end of the former Madison Street Bridge, was destroyed by fire around 1903. About that time, Phoenix Iron works constructed its own plant on the corner of Southeast 3rd Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard. The company operated machine, boiler and blacksmith shops and produced all manner of iron materials, including the massive gates for the Cascade locks on the Columbia River. The firm continued to operate through the 1950s, with members of the Steinhauser and Wolff families represented on the board. It dissolved in 1957 and its property was sold to Multnomah County for use in building approaches to the Hawthorne Bridge.