Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex

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Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex
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Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex, September 2010
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Location2100 West Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′10″N75°9′54″W / 40.00278°N 75.16500°W / 40.00278; -75.16500
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1919, 1927, 1951
Built byWilliam Steele and Sons Company
NRHP reference No. 10000404 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 2010

The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is an historic, American factory complex that is located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]

History and architectural features

This historic complex consists of four buildings: the plant (1919, 1925–1927), the main office (c. 1919–1922), the chrome plating building (1951), and the lumber storage and garage building (1930). The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement.

The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983. [2]

In 2018, NBC10 erroneously reported that the complex was destroyed by fire, but the buildings that burned were a block away and unrelated to Steel Heddle. The vacant Steel Heddle plant still stands in 2019. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/10 through 7/02/10. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Nicholas Paul Kraus (October 2009). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 5, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. ↑ "Raging 5-Alarm Inferno Engulfs Defunct Factory in North Philadelphia". May 18, 2018.
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