Llewellyn Iron Works was a foundry in 19th- and 20th-century Los Angeles and Torrance, California, United States.
Llewellyn Iron Works was a foundry in 19th- and 20th-century Los Angeles and Torrance, California, United States.
Brothers Reese Llewellyn, David Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, and John Llewellyn, of Amman Valley, Wales, [1] first organized the company in 1886. [2] The iron works, which had an anti-union leadership team, was bombed on Christmas Day 1910, most likely by the same people responsible for the L.A. Times bombing two months earlier. [3] The dynamite explosion at Redondo and Main injured a night watchman. [2] The company moved its factory to Torrance in 1912. [2] Llewellyn produced the railings that decorate the interior of the Bradbury Building. [4] The steel-rolling mill in Torrance produced the steel used in the L.A. Biltmore Hotel on Pershing Square and several downtown banks. [2] Llewellyn merged with Columbia Steel Corp. of Utah in 1923, and Columbia was acquired by U.S. Steel in 1929. [2] The U.S. Steel plant in Torrance closed in 1979. [2]
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