Railroad Car Loading Platform at H. J. Heinz Company Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1905

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Artifact Overview

The H.J. Heinz Company had its own line of railroad cars and designated tracks, which brought the trains to the loading platform alongside the main plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This greatly reduced the time needed to load the cars as employees could bring boxes and crates right out of the factory and into the train cars. This photograph shows the loading platform at the main plant.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1905

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.447.47

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Heinz U.S.A.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in

Inscriptions

written on back: Photo: #1905044 / Picture: Car loading platform - busy / Date: 1905