Springville Stove & Hollow Ware Works???

[KathyHawk]

Hi, has anyone heard of this company from Springville, Pa? Someone from that area is telling me this place never existed, yet I do see it on you page as a legit past business.. Was this company legit and if so how many years ago?

 

[Doug D.]

Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... by William H. Egle, MD, Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. excerpt:

Spring City, originally Springville, is situated on the Schuylkill river to Royer's Ford on the Reading Railroad. The American Wood Paper have their works here, and there is also a large manufactory of stoves hollow ware. Incorporated in 1867.

I wonder, why someone would tell you it did not exist?

 

[Steve Stephens]

I have seen the tea kettles before but no other marked pieces. That alone does not mean they didn't make other hollowware as tea kettles were often the most marked pieces. They sat on stoves all day and night and had plenty of room for the foundry's name.