McKeEsrort Tin Prate CoMpaNY
OrrgiNAL Prant or 10 MiLis, BuiLt 1902-1903; Capacity, 400,000
Boxes PEr ANNUM
McKEESPORT TIN PLATE COMPANY
The McKeesport Tin Plate Company began operations
in 1903 with a capacity for making 400,000 boxes of tin
plates per annum, and has increased its business from time
to time, from a ten-mill plant to a forty-four mill plant,
which is now the largest tin plate plant in the world, with a
capacity of 4,000,000 boxes per annum. The Company
consumes approximately 250,000 tons of steel, which is
first rolled into black plate and prepared for tinning. Its
annual business is from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000. About
3,600 workmen are employed, with a payroll of approximately
$7,000,000 per annum. The present plant covers
about twenty acres of ground. This Company was incorporated
October 7, 1901, under the laws of Pennsylvania,
and has an authorized capital stock of $10.000.000.
McKeesport Tin Prate CoMPANY
PrEsENT PLanT OF 44 Mires; Largest Tin Prate PLANT IN THE
WorLp; ExTENsioNs CompLETED 1917; Capacity, 4,000,000
Boxes PEr ANNUM