Atlanta Machine Works on Sanborn Fire Map 1911

Atlanta Machine Works on city atlas 1878

The Atlanta Machine Works was early

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's first foundry and metal fabrication company. in 1848, Austin Leyden together with Robert Findlay and others established a foundry, amassed a fortune and eventually sold the company, called A. Leyden & Co., in 1853 to a business partner. Thereafter it became known as the Atlanta Machine Works and went on to play a central role in the

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, producing weaponry and other goods for the Confederacy. The foundry was located at the northwest corner of Hunter (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) and King streets, now occupied by a larger industrial site only from the

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. Between August and December, 1863, the firm delivered 2323 rounds of shot and shell to the

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Atlanta Arsenal. At that time the plant employed seventeen men of military age. One source states that cannon were produced here and rifled at the roundhouse of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. The name of the company owning the Works changed several times; one name was Porter & Davis. By the turn of the 20th century, the Atlanta Machine Works was producing agricultural and mining equipment as well as mills.''Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City ..., Volume 2'', Thomas H. Martin, p.384
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Envelope imprinted with logo of Atlanta Machine Works
Demolished buildings and structures in Atlanta Industrial landmarks in Atlanta Ironworks and steel mills in the United States