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Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Tacony, Disston Precision, Incorporated, On a site within block bounded by New State Road, Unruh Avenue, & Milnor & (Knorr) Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Significance: Disston Precision, Incorporated, is the last remaining physical and institutional vestige of Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works. For about a century, Disston saws were among the finest made anywhere in the world. In 1872, Henry Disston moved the works from a center city location to Tacony. With the saw and associated steel works as the standard-bearer, Tacony became an industrial locale that contributed heavily to Philadelphia's contemporary nickname, "workshop of the world."

Survey number: HABS PA-6692-L

Building/structure dates: before 1910 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: before 1928 Subsequent Work

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Date

1910 - 1980
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Ward, Mark
Anick, Ed
Disston, Henry
Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Elliott, Joseph, photographer
Jacobs, James A, historian
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,  40.03985, -75.06449
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Industrial Works, Disston Precision, New State Road

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Citations of individual production merit awarded. The first five Citations of Individual Production Merit have been awarded to five war workers, War Production Drive Headquarters has announced. The citation is the highest honor conferred for individual achievement. It is granted only for ideas or suggestions that have an outstanding effect on the entire war effort. Joseph H. Kautsky, Indianapolis, Indiana, an employee of the Lin-Belt Co., was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding wheel adapter, which permits higher speeds in internal grindings; a simplification cutting down the number of special internal grinding spindle wheel adapters from twelve to three; the adoption of a precision screw adjustment to the vertical column of dial indicator guages, to get faster adjustments without danger to the dials; and a new method of testing the concentricity of internally ground parts. The picture shows Mr. Kautsky (center) being congratulated by formean Bill Whitaker (right) as Superintendant R. E. Whitney (left) looks on

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