4-425: William Metcalf may refer to: William Metcalf (manufacturer) (1838–1909), American steel producer William E. Metcalf (born 1947), American numismatist William Henry Metcalf (1885–1968), World War I soldier See also [ edit ] William Metcalfe (1788–1862), English-American minister, physician, and activist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Metcalf (manufacturer) William Metcalf (3 September 1838 – 5 December 1909) was an American steel manufacturer. Metcalf was born at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . Troy, New York , in 1858. In 1860–65, he had charge of the manufacture of
12-813: The heavy Rodman and Dahlgren guns at the Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburgh, where most of the heavy artillery used by the Federal government during the Civil War was made. After 1868 he was engaged continuously in steel manufacturing, and in 1897 he organized the Braeburn Steel Company , of which he was the head until his death. He is credited with having made the first crucible steel in America. In 1881 he served as president of
16-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Metcalf&oldid=1233400761 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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