Benjamin Franklin Jones
American businessman
Died when: 78 years 284 days (945 months)Star Sign: Leo
Benjamin Franklin Jones (August 8, 1824 – May 19, 1903) 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&L Steel's Aliquippa Works, was built in his honor with funds donated by his daughter.
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