Roebling, New Jersey

About the turn of the century the John A. Roebling's Sons Company had grown to such proportions that extensive additional facilities were needed. After many considerations, a site was selected on the Delaware River, twelve miles south of Trenton. There a Steel Mill, a Blooming Mill, Rod Mills, Wire Mills, Cleaning Houses, Annealing and Tempering Shops and a Woven Wire Fabrics Factory were erected. Beside the plant a complete town for the workers, with a hospital, schools, shops, banks, and theatres was built to house a population of some 4,000. It was begun in 1904 and operations began in 1906.

In the early years the wire facility was known as "The Kinkora Works". The Kinkora Works is situated at Roebling, New Jersey, on the banks of the Delaware River, ten miles south of the main works at Trenton. The Kinkora plant is the beginning of things Roebling, for it is here that Roebling steel is made and converted into wire. The Steel Mill, in which basic and acid steels are made, comprises nine open hearth furnaces. It is here that the famous `'Blue Center" Steel is made for wire rope. Some of the other more important plants in this group are: the Blooming Mill, a number of Rod Mills, Cleaning Houses, and Wire Mills, Annealing and Tempering Departments, the Galvanizing Shop, Copper Mill, and the plant in which Woven Wire Fabrics are manufactured.

Link: Founding Town of Roebling, 1904

Link: History of John A Roebling, Founder

Link: Roebling Historical Society