[600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [600 Block S. May - Dilley's Iron Foundry]

Contributor

  • Donor: City of Palestine
    Contributor Type: Organization

Date

  • Digitized: 2006-03-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Illinois-native George Mansfield Dilley, the prominent railroad-building contractor who played an instrumental role in the expansion of railroads throughout Texas and the South, established this foundry in 1873, one year after the railroad arrived in Palestine. The George M. Dilley & Son Foundry, located adjacent to the I&GN tracks, at one time contained more than ten buildings. The enterprise manufactured some farm equipment and machinery, but its primary output was gray iron and brass castings for Texas railroads. The elder Dilley moved to Dallas in the 1880s, but the foundry continued to be run by his son, George Edward Dilley – one of Palestine’s most prominent citizens of the late 19th century. G.E. Dilley continued operations at the foundry until his death in 1932; his son Clarence V. Dilley then took over until his own death five years later. In the mid-1930s, the plant had an average payroll of about twenty thousand dollars, for a workforce of twenty to twenty-five men. The foundry ceased operations in the late 1930s. All that remains today are the frame office building, the nearby brick brass furnace building, and a lengthy iron fence which borders the property and faces May Street (which local historians believe was named after G.M. Dilley’s infant daughter, Edna May Dilley, who died in 1872).
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Factories - Foundries
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Buildings
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads

Coverage

  • Time Period: civ-war

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2006
    Code: SG06

Institution

  • Name: Palestine Public Library
    Code: PPL

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth10063

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: MagicScan32 creationAppVersion: 4.5 creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: UMAX Powerlook 2100 XL
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