Benjamin Franklin Jones
Politician
1824 – 1903
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Who was Benjamin Franklin Jones?
Benjamin Franklin Jones, Sr. was a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh. Originally involved in the river barge industry, he purchased a share in American Iron Works in 1851, along with Bernard Lauth. He later joined with James H. Laughlin to form Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, a steel mill heavily dependent on river transportation. The B.F. Jones Memorial Library in Aliquippa Pennsylvania, the site of J&J Steel's Aliquippa Works, was built in his honor with funds donated by his daughter.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1824
United States of America - Also known as
- Benjamin F. Jones
- Spouses
- Lived in
- Pittsburgh
- Died
- May 19, 1903
Allegheny
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on July 23, 2013
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