Date Original
undated
Description
This collection contains an envelope.
Biographical/Historical Note
The envelope in this collection is for the Pittsburgh Reduction Company. Pittsburgh Reduction Company was founded by a group of young men that included Charles Martin Hall, who in 1886 had been the first American to succeed in developing a commercially cheap method of smelting aluminum—by electrolysis. In 1891 the company began producing cast products such as teakettles and aluminum sheeting, as well as raw aluminum; and in 1899 it acquired its first bauxite mining rights. By 1907, when it reincorporated as the Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa, it had numerous mines, alumina plants, hydroelectric facilities, aluminum smelters and fabricating facilities, and the Alcoa Technical Center in Pittsburgh for laboratory research and development.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Pennsylvania
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.049.010
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Pittsburgh Reduction Company envelope, SMC.049.010
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Pittsburgh Reduction Company envelope, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
