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Some five years later, Disston built a furnace—perhaps the first melting plant for steel in
America—and began producing the first crucible saw steel ever made in the United States. While his competitors were buying good steel from Britain, he was making his own, to his own specification, for his own
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Disston was renowned for having one of the first industries that exhibited environmental responsibility, as well as a paternalistic view towards his employees. For example, he had thousands of homes built in Tacony for his workmen. Funds to purchase these homes were made available through a
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Philadelphia. Having previously moved his expanding business from near Second and Market Streets to Front and Laurel Streets, Disston sought to establish his business away from this cramped area. It took over 25 years to move the entire facility to Tacony. This Philadelphia neighborhood
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Disston's caring influence on the community was evident in everyday life. To meet employees' cultural needs, a hall and a library were built with Henry Disston agreeing to pay a fixed sum towards its maintenance. The
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Disston had fallen ill by 1877 and never truly recovered; he suffered a stroke and died the next year. This came only one and a half years after seeing his products receive the highest honors at the great Philadelphia
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Company, Henry Disston & Sons File Company, Ltd., and Henry Disston & Sons Iron & Steel Works, as well as an insurance ledger from the Estate of Henry
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by the early 20th century, cast the first crucible steel in the nation from an electric furnace in 1906. The firm's armor-plating building near
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of 1876. His vision of a working class community and the completion of the transfer of his enormous saw plant was carried out by his wife and his sons.
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in a private sale. Although the company has ceased making Disston handsaws, the Disston brand name still exists in this firm.
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1900:Maple
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