American Brass Company, Kenosha Works, Hot Roll Mill, Kenosha, Kenosha County, WI
Summary
Significance: Originally installed by the American Brass Company in 1917-18, this hand-operated rolling mill was placed on line in 1918. Workers manipulated hot billets through the rolling mill, producing copper and non-ferrous alloys for the electrical industry. This production activity was housed in a building, called the No. 31 Hot Roll Mill, in the Kenosha Works of the American Brass Company. The mill operated for about seventy years, closing in 1988.
Survey number: HAER WI-77-A
Building/structure dates: 1917-1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Fitzsimons, Gray, transmitter
Location
Kenosha (Wis.), 42.58474, -87.82119
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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