Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works - History

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Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works
Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

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Last Modified: Jan 19 2023 7:59PM by joelr4
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In 1808, the Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works was founded by Caleb & Benjamin Field.

The Camden & Amboy Railroad purchases the Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works, in 1832, for use as a railroad repair facility.

The Union Steam Forge is established in 1857 at the Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works factory after being purchased by the brothers Alfred & Lewis Thompson.

The foundry was in operation into the 1920's.

Information Sources

American Steam Engine Builders: 1800-1900 by Kenneth L. Cope, 2006 page 39
Sanborn insurance map of Bordentown Foundry & Machine Works (1902).
Camden, NJ, Courier-Post Newspaper, 19 Oct, 2006, pg. 126
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 Aug., 2000, pg. 2