Youngstown, OH: 1863 William B Pollock Co./Mahoning Boiler Works

(Satellite, the building is now used by Brilex Industries.)

See also Columbiana, OH.

Cool Ohio posted

The William B. Pollock Company 

 This image is an early 20th-century promotional advertisement and postcard for The William B. Pollock Company, an industrial manufacturing business founded in 1863 and headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio. Originally established as the Mahoning Boiler Works, the company grew into a dominant force during the American industrial boom by specializing in heavy steel plate construction for the iron and steel industries. They engineered, built, and remodeled massive infrastructural equipment essential to manufacturing, including hot-metal ladle cars, specialized transport cars, and entire blast furnace components. By their 75th anniversary in 1939, the company had constructed over 75 brand-new blast furnaces and remodeled more than 440 others across the United States.

Early 20th century, black and white image that I restored and colorized.

Jack Marshall: I work in the old Pollock building on Andrews,,, now Brilex Industries, we still do very much the same work now that they did then.

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Phil Jadlowiec posted

The end of an era here 

William B Pollock Company

Youngstown Ohio

Rick Rowlands: Pollock still exists in spirit at Reichard Industries in Columbiana. They do what Pollock used to do, building hot metal cars, ladles and other large fabrications.

Tina Lefauve: It looks like the right side is all office employees and the left are the shop floor employees. It seems odd that half the ppl in this pic are wearing suits and ties or dresses. I'm not wanting to sound critical, just curious.

Randolph Davis: Tina Lefauve Photo was Final Shipment December 9, 1983. Included were both office personnel & plant employees 📸☹️. 

For the record, I knew most of these men & women‼️ I’m 76 years old & retired.

Rick Rowlands: Tina Lefauve Since the last job was a welded ladle, most of the machine shop workers had been laid off by then and only the welders and fabricators were left.

Brian Olson: Today that building is Brilex Industries plant #2. A good size machine shop and all around great vendor.

Randolph Davis: Very sad, indeed. WBP was located on Andrews Ave. Specialty product for steel mill industry; demise of local steel mills(YS& T) was the beginning of the end.

It is not clear which railroad served this plant. 

1951 Youngstown Quad @ 24,000