Atlantic Steel
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The Atlantic Steel Company was a steel company in Atlanta, Georgia
with a large steel mill
on the site of today's Atlantic Station
multi-use complex.
Atlantic Steel's history dated back to 1901 when it was founded as the Atlanta Hoop Company, with 120 employees, and which produced cotton bale ties and barrel hoops. It became the Atlanta Steel Company, and then in December 1915, the Atlantic Steel Company.
From 1908-1922 Thomas K. Glenn was the company's president. A replica of his office exists at the Millennium Gate
museum in Atlantic Station.
By 1952, the plant has 2,100 employees and was producing not only hoops and ties, but also "poultry and field fence, barbed wire, angles, round bars, channels, tees, handrail, reinforcing bars, nails, rivets, welding rods, shackles, frogings and fence posts".
The plant's "deep-throated" steam whistle was named "Mr. Tom", after Tom Glenn, an early president of the company.
The Ivaco company of Montreal
, Canada
acquired Atlantic Steel in 1979. Operations were partially shut down in the 1980s as competition from home and abroad intensified. Of 1,400 employees in 1979, there were only 400 remaining in 1997. In 1998 Jacoby Development purchased the complex for about 76 million USD,, tore down the complex, cleaned up the site and built Atlantic Station in its place.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
with a large steel mill
Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...
on the site of today's Atlantic Station
Atlantic Station
Atlantic Station is a large brownfield redevelopment project at the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Atlantic Station is being master developed by AIG Global Real Estate and local development partner Jacoby Development, Inc...
multi-use complex.
Atlantic Steel's history dated back to 1901 when it was founded as the Atlanta Hoop Company, with 120 employees, and which produced cotton bale ties and barrel hoops. It became the Atlanta Steel Company, and then in December 1915, the Atlantic Steel Company.
From 1908-1922 Thomas K. Glenn was the company's president. A replica of his office exists at the Millennium Gate
Millennium Gate
The Millennium Gate is a triumphal arch and Georgia history museum located in Atlanta, on 17th Street in the Atlantic Station district of Midtown. Based on the Arch of Titus, the monument celebrates peaceful accomplishment, with special attention paid to Georgia's history and people...
museum in Atlantic Station.
By 1952, the plant has 2,100 employees and was producing not only hoops and ties, but also "poultry and field fence, barbed wire, angles, round bars, channels, tees, handrail, reinforcing bars, nails, rivets, welding rods, shackles, frogings and fence posts".
The plant's "deep-throated" steam whistle was named "Mr. Tom", after Tom Glenn, an early president of the company.
The Ivaco company of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
acquired Atlantic Steel in 1979. Operations were partially shut down in the 1980s as competition from home and abroad intensified. Of 1,400 employees in 1979, there were only 400 remaining in 1997. In 1998 Jacoby Development purchased the complex for about 76 million USD,, tore down the complex, cleaned up the site and built Atlantic Station in its place.