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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Reed Island Iron Company Receipts were purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The documents had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Reed Island Iron Company Receipts commenced and was completed in March 2009.

Administrative History

The Reed Island Iron Furnace, located three miles from Allisonia, Virginia, commenced operation in 1881 and operated until 1908. The furnace produced up to 12 tons of pig iron per day.

The Reed Island Furnace was first operated by the Reed Island Iron Company, in Reed Island, Virginia (near Allisonia), beginning around 1881. The furnace itself was in Pulaski County, while the company was based in Wythe County. By 1898, the furnace and the company appeared to be the property and works of the Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company, who ran the furnace until about 1906. The furnace produced up to 12 tons of pig iron per day and operated until 1908.

External Sources:

Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada . Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 1890. Available online at Google Books.

Supplement to the Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States . Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 1900. Available online at Google Books.

Scope and Content

This collection contains two receipts issued to the Reed Island Iron Company of Pulaski County, Virginia. The first receipt, dated 1894, was issued by the Dora Furnace Company for three pinions; the second, dated 1896, is from Lynchburg, Virginia wholesale grocers Robinson, Tate & Company and lists purchases of coffee, medicine and equipment.

Related Material

See the Reed Island Iron Company Ledgers, Ms2012-081 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

Separated Material

The Reed Island Iron New River Mineral Company Receipts were acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the receipts were removed to a separate collection.

The acquisition of which these certificates were a part also included the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:

Chapman J. French Papers, Ms2009-034

Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates, Ms2009-035

New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-036

Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, Ms2009-037

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Receipts, Ms2009-038

Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, Ms2009-039

Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet, Ms2009-041

Sullivan Railroad Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-042

Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043

Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044

Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records, Ms2009-045

Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts, Ms2009-046

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Pulaski County (Va.)
• Railroad

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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