IRON WORKS
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
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NYS Historic
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Industry & Commerce
- 37 Ford Street, Clyde, NY
- 43.082391, -76.869498
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Village of Clyde (Building Department)
IRON WORKS
Inscription
IRON WORKSEST. CA. 1831 ON THIS SITE
MADE FARM IMPLEMENTS. LATER
EXPANDED TO MAKE BOILERS,
TRACTION & PORTABLE STEAM
ENGINES. CLOSED 1954.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
The S.W. Wood Co. was a local manufacturer of traction and portable steam engines from 1866 to 1926, the heyday of steam traction engine manufacturing. The company also produced boilers and agricultural implements. After 1942, the company changed ownership several times until it closed in 1954.