railroad-iron

& John's mills for making railroad-iron, -- and Deborah, their cousin, a picker in some of the cotton-mills.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

Meanwhile, the others had razeed a frigate, the _Merrimac_, and upon an angular roof laid railroad-iron to make her shot-proof.

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

Her armor consisted of railroad-iron bars securely bolted upon the sides and ends of the long covered box built upon her nearly submerged hull.

The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson

Meanwhile, the others had razeed a frigate, the Merrimac, and upon an angular roof laid railroad-iron to make her shot-proof.

The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907

"You could use that railroad-iron that I saw 'em heat red-hot an 'bend, down in the valley," she suggested.

In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

His business affairs had prospered, and besides the glue-factory he was making railroad-iron at Ringwood, New Jersey, and Bethlehem,

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885

There were the father and son, -- both hands, as I said, in one of Kirby & John's mills for making railroad-iron, -- and Deborah, their cousin, a picker in some of the cotton-mills.

Life in the Iron-Mills; or, the Korl Woman Rebecca Harding Davis 1870

We were delayed all that day in waiting for our consort, and improved our time by verifying certain rumors about a quantity of new railroad-iron which was said to be concealed in the abandoned Rebel forts on St. Simon's and Jekyll Islands, and which would have much value at Port Royal, if we could unearth it.

Army Life in a Black Regiment Higginson, Thomas W 1869

Our commodities being in part delivered at Fernandina, our decks being full, coal nearly out, and time up, we called once more at St. Simon's Sound, bringing away the remainder of our railroad-iron, with some which the naval officers had previously disinterred, and then steamed back to Beaufort.

Army Life in a Black Regiment Higginson, Thomas W 1869

We were delayed all that day in waiting for our consort, and improved our time by verifying certain rumors about a quantity of new railroad-iron which was said to be concealed in the abandoned Rebel forts on St. Simon's and Jekyll Islands, and which would have much value at Port Royal, if we could unearth it.

Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867