Shadows of a Forgotten World

Various traces of Przemysl's prewar past Boot Scrapers indoors with handle (missing part) also with missing part

The Stewart Iron Works The Stewart Iron Works, 3rd & Culvert St, Cincinnati, O G. Krug & Son Ironwork Makers of Artistic Wrough Iron Work Gustav Krug - Gustav Krug immigrated to the US from Germany around 1850. He started working for a blacksmith shop in Baltimore and eventually took it over. The company still exists today - and is run by Krug's descendents. It is the US's oldest operating ironwoks.   Gustav Krug,  Maker (?) 178 Saratoga St., Batlo. MD                                                           from the Woods Baltimore City Directory from 1885 G. Krug & Son website The Art of Steel - piece on the company from NPR

I found two antique fences in Winnetka  —  both made by the Stewart Iron Works. Stewart Iron Works, an ironworks plant located in Covington, Kentucky, was founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1910. A branch in Cincinnati operated from 1903 to 1915.  The Stewart Iron Works  —  Cinncinati, Ohio The Stewart Iron Works Co.  —  Covington, KY

I discovered some old fences while in the States this summer  –  first I found several beautiful antique fences on Hoyne Street in Chicago, and then I came across some in my suburb and in Annapolis, and now back in Lviv I have also started paying attention to them.  In all three places  –  Chicago, Winnetka, and Annapolis  –  I found fences made by Stewart Iron Works. This is not surprising as at one point this company was the largest iron fence maker in the world. *** The Stewart Iron Works Cincinnati Ohio Stewart Iron Works, an ironworks plant located in Covington, Kentucky, was founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1910. A branch in Cincinnati operated from 1903 to 1915.  Cincinnati Iron Fence Co. – Inc – Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.  Produced fences from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries W.T. Barbee Fence Works It’s hard to find information about thi...