Continuing with yesterday's post.
Before the war, this foundry was the first to develop and manufacture a practical steam fire engine.
The firm struggled financially after the war and soon ceased operations, but several companies continued using the name.
Miles Greenwood was born in 1807 in Jersey City, NJ and moved with his father in 1817to Ohio. In 1829, he joined Cincinnati's Horse Co. #1 and remained involved with fire fighting throughout his life. A Cincinnati suburb bearing his names shows how important he was to the community.
CIVIL WAR
A total of five northern companies produced Napoleons. Eagle Ironworks made 50 of them in 1862. The one in Galena was one of those.
Through research and development, the company could turn 800 muskets into rifles in a single day. They also made gun carriages, caissons, and cannons and even built an ironclad monitor.
Before the war, they had contracted to provide the iron for the Roebling Bridge, but the war interrupted its construction.
After seeing that he built a Union monitor, I had to find out more about it.
A Ship here, a Ship There. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
