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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

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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

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Summary

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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Contributors

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 States40.03985, -75.06449
Google Map of 40.039848, -75.0644853
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Source

Library of Congress
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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

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