Midwest Steel & Iron Works

Midwest Steel & Iron Works was a metal fabrication company based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1893, the company was known for a time as the Jackson-Richter Iron Works. The company was one of the "oldest and largest metal fabricators" in Denver. The company built both structural and ornamental components for structures throughout Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. The company's headquarters on Larimer Street in Denver includes an Art Deco office building and consists of a four-building complex that is itself considered a historic industrial site. The complex served as the company's headquarters from 1923 to 1983.[1][2]

Midwest Steel and Iron Office
Office building of the Midwest Iron and Steel Company, Denver, Colorado. The president's office was in the tower room.

Among other works, the company manufactured the four Big Thompson River bridges, in Estes Park and Loveland, Colorado, all of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Nomiantion Form for Midwest Steel and Iron Works Company Complex". Denver Public Library, Digital Collections.
  2. ↑ "Midwest Steel & Iron Works Co., HAER No. CO-19" (PDF). National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record.
  3. ↑ Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, and Clay Fraser (May 21, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Big Thompson River Bridge III" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1999
  4. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Highway Bridges in Colorado" (PDF). March 30, 2000.


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