quint Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Hey guys picked up a 9ft section of RR track today. Guy had it on his property that use to be a oyster company. Dont know what they used it for but it had been there for a long time. Was curious it says ILLINOIS STEEL COMPANY SOUTH WKS X 1908 on it and I wanted to know is that the date it was produced. Thanks for any info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Roy Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Could mean anything. Did you google Illinois Steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yeah came up with some stuff, seems like it was one of the old steel mills that ended up becoming a part of the US steel conglomeration. I guess it was one of the places that help on the longest for that time era. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/653.html . Sounds like the Illinois steel company is the over all company that made the stuff then South Wks is the actual plant that made it. Kind of curious if thats the date on it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Does it matter? Sure it's a fun pass time but will it effect what you're going to use it for? It's not like there's an antique market for rail. So, what're you planning for it? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quint Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 No doesnt really matter I suppose. Probably just a bad habit of trying to find info on stuff I find thats older. Anyways right now I wanna try making some hawks and maybe a hammer out of it. I would like to find out if the entire thing is the same metal because then I would cut the T section off the bottom and use that to forge knives and the top rail portion for the hawks and hammers. Atleast this is my grand plans so far, shall see how much they materialize. May also make a small bench top anvil out of a portion of it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Yes that should be the date of production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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