R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company records

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Genre:: Business records
Subjects:: Manufacturing industries--Accounting
Manufactures--Costs
Newnan (Ga.)
Georgia--Industries

Finding Aid:: Finding aid available electronically
Summary:: The collection consists of business records of R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company, Newnan, Georgia, from 1886-1900. The records consist of ledgers (1892-1893; 1897-1900) with indexes, and journals (1886-1889; 1892-1893; and 1900).
Language:: English
Language Note:: Materials entirely in English.
Physical Type/Description:: 8 oversized bound volumes (OBV)
Restrictions on Access:: Unrestricted access.
Organization and Arrangement:: Arranged by record type.
Biographical/Historical Note:: R.D. Cole Manufacturing Company, Newnan, Georgia, began in 1854 as Cole and Barnes, a saw mill. In 1877 the business moved to front the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. It produced saw-mills, corn mills, boilers, engines, and eventually became a manufacturer of steel, aluminum and alloy. The firm, which was bought out by Brown Steel Contractors, Inc. (Newnan, Ga.), was the second largest water tower manufacturer in the United States in the 1980's.