Farrell Logan & Son Iron Works
Farrell Logan & Son Iron Works, about 1870
Logan Iron Works, "manufacturers of high and low pressure boilers and tanks of all descriptions," was located at 58 Commercial Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, and was operated by Farrell Logan and his son William J. Logan. Very little by way of biographical information is to be found for Farrell Logan, but the 1855 Census for Kings County, Brooklyn, Wards 17-19, lists his age as 27--- placing his year of birth at 1828. The census lists his occupation as 'Boiler Maker.'
Advertisement from Long Island And Where to Go: A Descriptive Work Compiled for the Long Island Railroad Company for the Use and Benefit of Its Patrons, 1877:
Farrell Logan's obituary from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 1879:
"Information of the sudden death of Mr. Farrell Logan at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday last, was received at Greenpoint last evening. Mr. Logan had started to visit a sister resident in the State of Iowa, when within thirty miles of the town where the sister resided, Mr. Logan was compelled by illness to stop at Cedar Rapids where he died. The family of the deceased have been spending the summer at Whitestone, L.I. and were first apprised of the sad event this morning. Mr. Logan conducted an extensive machine and foundry business in Commercial Street, and has been a resident of Greenpoint about thirty years. He had occupied the position of Vice President of the Greenpoint Savings Bank during the past four years. The body will be brought to this city on Thursday by William, eldest son of the deceased."
William J. Logan continued on as head of the Logan Iron Works until 1914, when the Commercial Street plant, and the business, closed. He died in 1920, and the following is in an excerpt from a short bio written up in Transactions, Journal of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the time of his death:
"William J. Logan...was born in New York City on April 21, 1853. He was a graduate of Cooper Union and became a member of the bar of the State of New York although he never engaged in active practice.
As a boy he was apprenticed to his father who was engaged in the fabrication of steel...subsequently Mr. Logan began a parter of his father. After the elder Mr. Logan's death, the business was conducted by Mr. William Logan and his brother and was incorporated under the name of the Logan Iron Works.
Mr. Logan was best known for his skill and ability in the fabrication of steel for special purposes--- the construction of tanks, holders, equipment for oil works, sugar houses, bridges, water towers, boilers and gas works. The cutting shields used in underground and tunnel construction, together with air locks and appurtenant mechanical devices, were also features of his work.
Mr. Logan was one of the earliest members of the society, joining the organization in 1880 and holding a life membership."
Finally, a photo of Farrell Logan & Son Iron Works as it now stands. One building is completely gone, leaving an empty lot and nothing for explanation. What is left of 58 Commercial Street is, in any case, reasonably intact--- minus an arched entryway and a fourth, bricked, window:
Advertisement from Long Island And Where to Go: A Descriptive Work Compiled for the Long Island Railroad Company for the Use and Benefit of Its Patrons, 1877:
"Information of the sudden death of Mr. Farrell Logan at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday last, was received at Greenpoint last evening. Mr. Logan had started to visit a sister resident in the State of Iowa, when within thirty miles of the town where the sister resided, Mr. Logan was compelled by illness to stop at Cedar Rapids where he died. The family of the deceased have been spending the summer at Whitestone, L.I. and were first apprised of the sad event this morning. Mr. Logan conducted an extensive machine and foundry business in Commercial Street, and has been a resident of Greenpoint about thirty years. He had occupied the position of Vice President of the Greenpoint Savings Bank during the past four years. The body will be brought to this city on Thursday by William, eldest son of the deceased."
William J. Logan continued on as head of the Logan Iron Works until 1914, when the Commercial Street plant, and the business, closed. He died in 1920, and the following is in an excerpt from a short bio written up in Transactions, Journal of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the time of his death:
"William J. Logan...was born in New York City on April 21, 1853. He was a graduate of Cooper Union and became a member of the bar of the State of New York although he never engaged in active practice.
As a boy he was apprenticed to his father who was engaged in the fabrication of steel...subsequently Mr. Logan began a parter of his father. After the elder Mr. Logan's death, the business was conducted by Mr. William Logan and his brother and was incorporated under the name of the Logan Iron Works.
Mr. Logan was best known for his skill and ability in the fabrication of steel for special purposes--- the construction of tanks, holders, equipment for oil works, sugar houses, bridges, water towers, boilers and gas works. The cutting shields used in underground and tunnel construction, together with air locks and appurtenant mechanical devices, were also features of his work.
Mr. Logan was one of the earliest members of the society, joining the organization in 1880 and holding a life membership."
Finally, a photo of Farrell Logan & Son Iron Works as it now stands. One building is completely gone, leaving an empty lot and nothing for explanation. What is left of 58 Commercial Street is, in any case, reasonably intact--- minus an arched entryway and a fourth, bricked, window:
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