The Hagley Museum in Delaware has LOTS of steel plant info and photos. Mike Rabbit also was selling info and drawings to things steel plant.

I've seen the video, if I'm not mistaken it is from 1946. Nice video, you can see part of the mill also.

My Grandfather was a foreman at E.G. Brooke at Birdsboro. His job was to keep the track and equipment in good repair.

I think it is kinda funny that the ex. RDG 0-4-0 at E G Brooke was #1187 and the ex. PRR 2-8-0 at the Dyer Quarry, Birdsboro was you guessed it! #1187

Two competing railroads have 2 different loco's with the same number in the same town. How odd is that! BTW both loco's are at the RRMPA Museum in Strasburg, PA.

There was a iron furnace next to the area (south of) the F.M. Brown's Mill. (This was NOT armorcast). I believe that the iron furnace was torn down sometime between the late 1800's and the Great Depression in the 1930's. Armorcast was east of town between the PRR and the River. The Smokestacks were still visible when I was there a year ago. But the rest of the place was mostly leveled. BTW the PRR signal bridge on the BM&R RR At Glen GAry was from the area just east of Armorcast!

Talking about Armorcast. Back when I was a teenager in the late 1970's. I remember asking about Armorcast. I could tell the place was open for business. But I never - ever saw anything coming or going. I would ask around. Everyone knew what was made there but no one would say what. So that only fueled my curiosity. Now that the place is closed. (a few years later) I found out that it was tanks. I also heard a rumor that some CR stuff was repainted there. Any truth to that? Does anyone know?

John Caples