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Puerto Rico Iron Works

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154: 29: 200:, in San Juan. After learning that his uncle Luis Bacallao had settled in Ponce, Antonio Ferré moved to Ponce where his family would establish roots. His son's José, Luis, Carlos and Hermann helped transform Puerto Rico Iron Works into a highly successful business after all being educated in the United States and returning to Puerto Rico. José graduated with a business administration degree from Boston University while Luis, Carlos and Hermann all completed engineering degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Ferré brothers recruited some very bright talent for the company, including 863: 1716: 265: 447: 316: 221:. Almost all of the railroad tracks laid in Puerto Rico in the early decades of the 20th century originated from PRIW. In the first half of the 20th century, the company was heavily involved in the production of iron-based bridges to address Puerto Rico's need for bridges. The foundry was located just a few blocks away from the 241:
Puerto Rico Iron Works, under José A. Ferré's leadership with brothers Luis, Carlos and Hermann, was the first company doing business in Puerto Rico to implement several labor measures that would not be adopted by the Puerto Rico Legislature until decades later, among them the institution of a
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The company first started doing business for Puerto Rican sugar and coffee plantations, in the area of irrigation systems and railroad track and wagon systems to carry products between plantations in the south. It also developed machinery for the crushing of
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Juan Llanes Santos, Historian. Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office. 19 June 2013. San Juan, Puerto Rico. National Register of Historic Places. ID # 13000638. Page 7. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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docks, making the company one within easy reach for vessels requiring repairs as well. In the second half of the century the company was into the manufacturing of a number of specialty items such as
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Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 25. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.
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Former Puerto Rican Gov. Luis A. Ferré dies: Luis A. Ferré played a prominent role in Puerto Rican politics after World War II, chasing the ideal of U.S. statehood. He was 99.
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in 1999 for her outstanding role in community activities, including the founding of a small hospital and school in Playa de Ponce next to the iron foundry called
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Antonio Ferré founded Puerto Rico Iron Works after experience he had garnished from his short employment experience at Puerto Rico's first iron foundry,
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Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday: Luis A. Ferre Aguayo (1904-2003).
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Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday: Luis A. Ferre Aguayo (1904-2003).
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Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday: Luis A. Ferre Aguayo (1904-2003).
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for employees to supplement the cost-of-living increases during financially difficult times, and the incorporation of a
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Marialba Martinez. Puerto Rico Herald.org Caribbean Business section. 30 October 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edificio Empresas Ferre, a.k.a., Centros Isolina Ferre.
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Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday.
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Porto Rico, America's Gibraltar, Brought into War Zone by Allied Occupation of Dutch West Indies
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Puerto Rico Iron Works (PRIW) was founded by Antonio Ferré Bacallao, an 1896 immigrant from
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The administrative offices of Puerto Rico Iron Works in Barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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Marialba Martinez. Puerto Rico Herald. 30 October 2003. Accessed 18 March 2018.
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Luis Ferré, former governor and Corporation member.
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Index


Private
Iron
foundry
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Luis A. Ferré
Manhole covers
Rail tracks
heavy industry
foundry
barrio
La Playa
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Antilles

Cuba
Panama Canal
Luis A. Ferré
Isolina Ferré
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Bill Clinton
Raúl G. Villaronga
sugar cane
mills
Port of Ponce
manhole covers
Plaza del Mercado de Ponce
Christmas

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