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Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex, September 2010
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Location	2100 West Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°00′10″N 75°9′54″W / 40.00278°N 75.16500°W / 40.00278; -75.16500
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1919, 1927, 1951
Built by	William Steele and Sons Company
NRHP reference No.	10000404
Added to NRHP	June 28, 2010

The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is an historic, American factory complex that is located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

History and architectural features

This historic complex consists of four buildings: the plant (1919, 1925–1927), the main office (c. 1919–1922), the chrome plating building (1951), and the lumber storage and garage building (1930). The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement.

The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983.

This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. In 2018, NBC10 erroneously reported that the complex was destroyed by fire, but the buildings that burned were a block away and unrelated to Steel Heddle. The vacant Steel Heddle plant still stands in 2019.

External links

• Steel Heddle web site

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/10 through 7/02/10. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Nicholas Paul Kraus (October 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex" (PDF). Retrieved July 3, 2012.
3. "Raging 5-Alarm Inferno Engulfs Defunct Factory in North Philadelphia". May 18, 2018.

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