Construction of the Continental Can Company Plant

1949-08-25

Title
Construction of the Continental Can Company Plant
Creator
Newman-Schmidt Studios
Identifier
MSP285.B030.F30.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B030.F30.I02
Description
Continental Can Company, a New York based corporation, was organized in 1913 by three metal container manufacturers. The company quickly grew and acquired twenty-one metal container companies, as well as packaging companies, polyethylene bottle and plastic container manufacturers, one glass container producing company, and fourteen producers of paper containers. In 1955 Continental Can was the second largest metal container company in the United States, behind American Can Company. The facility pictured was located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Continental Can Company (West Mifflin, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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