Harland and Hollingsworth Company
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Harlan and Hollingsworth Company was a railway rolling stock and shipbuilder in 19th century America.
The company built ships for the United States Navy
in the 19th century. Jacob F. Woolf, who worked at another local manufacturer, Jackson and Sharp Company
, another supplier of wooden cars to Chicago
transit operator Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
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The company built ships for the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
in the 19th century. Jacob F. Woolf, who worked at another local manufacturer, Jackson and Sharp Company
Jackson and Sharp Company
Jackson and Sharp Company was an American railroad car manufacturer and shipbuilder in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was founded in 1863 by Job H. Jackson , a tinsmith and retail merchant, and Jacob F. Sharp Jackson and Sharp Company was an American railroad car manufacturer...
, another supplier of wooden cars to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
transit operator Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
The Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad was the third elevated rapid transit line to be built in Chicago, Illinois and was the first of Chicago’s elevated lines to be electrically powered...
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Products
- wooden rail cars for Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway - Chicago, IL