Llewellyn Iron Works was a foundry in 19th- and 20th-century Los Angeles and Torrance, California, United States.
17-406: Brothers Reese Llewellyn , David Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, and John Llewellyn, of Amman Valley , Wales, first organized the company in 1886. The iron works, which had an anti-union leadership team, was bombed on Christmas Day 1910, most likely by Ortie McManigal, an associate of those responsible for the L.A. Times bombing two months earlier. The dynamite explosion at Redondo and Main injured
34-627: A night watchman. The company moved its factory to Torrance in 1912. Llewellyn merged with Columbia Steel Corp. of Utah in 1923, and Columbia was acquired by U.S. Steel in 1929. The U.S. Steel plant in Torrance closed in 1979. Llewellyn produced the railings that decorate the interior of the Bradbury Building . The steel-rolling mill in Torrance produced the steel used in the L.A. Biltmore Hotel on Pershing Square and several downtown banks. The company also produced street lights , fabricating
51-515: A pro-business, anti-communist political surveillance organization based in California, U.S. in the 1920s. The organization was founded on May 7, 1920, in Los Angeles, California by Harry Marston Haldeman (the grandfather of Harry R. Haldeman of Watergate fame), railway developer Eli P. Clark and other businessmen, mostly from the utilities sector. It was formed ‘‘for the political welfare of
68-520: A school board. Moreover, it was opposed to "compulsory education beyond the age of 14". One of its claimed successes was to ban The Nation and The New Republic from public schools in California, which it viewed as full of left-wing political bias. Haldeman also claimed credit for electing a majority of Southern California's representatives to the state legislature in 1918, and for their subsequent promotion of legislation criminalizing radical political speech in California. Scholars have suggested
85-500: A variety of electrolier designs and configurations. Their incandescent multi-globe electroliers became so associated with the Llewellyn company that any street light of this style began to be referred to as a Llewellyn . In the early 1900s, Llewellyn street lights were installed in many of the major streets of downtown Los Angeles, most notably on Main, Hill and Spring Streets. More were eventually installed in other commercial districts in
102-588: The Better America Federation for Los Angeles County. Llewellyn suffered a stroke on board the Grace Line ocean liner Santa Barbara on her trip between Valparaíso and New York City, where he died in 1936. His remains are interred, alongside his parents and siblings, in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) . Better America Federation The Better America Federation was
119-600: The CD 943 model street lights, sometimes referred to as the "Llewellyn Slayers" replaced many Llewellyns in Los Angeles. Reese J. Llewellyn Reese James Llewellyn (30 August 1862 – 15 December 1936) was a Welsh-American businessman. He was the co-founder and president of Llewellyn Iron Works, a company based in Los Angeles, which provided iron works and steel for the construction of buildings in Southern California ,
136-640: The Western United States, Mexico, and South America. The company also produced steel from iron ore and during the World War I shipbuilding boom it was one of the largest manufacturers of triple-expansion steam engines on the West Coast. Llewellyn was born in the parish of Llangiwg near Pontardawe in Glamorganshire, Wales , the third of six sons born to David and Hannah (née: James) Llewellyn. His father
153-523: The board of directors of the Home Savings Bank of Los Angeles in 1905. Llewellyn was a member of the Business Men's Association of Los Angeles, alongside businessmen Walter Newhall, Frank Hicks, John H. Norton, Hancock Banning, Joseph Schoder, James Cuzner, H. E. Graves, and William Lacy. Together, they opposed the closing of saloons in 1905. By the 1920s, Llewellyn served as the vice president of
170-671: The city, and they became the most common street lights in early 20th century Los Angeles. Their use also expanded to other neighboring communities in Los Angeles County. In the southwest San Fernando Valley, then in unincorporated land, Llewellyn street lights were produced for the Van Nuys Highway Lighting District. The district had been organized as the first lighting district in the County in August 10, 1912, and provided for
187-737: The early 1890s. By 1905, it had provided ironwork and steel work in Southern California, but also in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico as well as abroad in Mexico and South America. Many skyscrapers in Los Angeles were built with steel from the firm. In 1929, the company merged with the Consolidated Steel Corporation . Additionally, Llewellyn served as the president of the Helsby Red Sandstone Company in 1895. He also served on
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#1732858456252204-433: The installation of street lighting in the newly founded communities of Van Nuys , Marian , and Owensmouth . The first street lights were installed along Sherman Way, which connected the townsite. Upon completion, 129 five-globe electroliers were installed in the main parts of the townsites along with 484 three-globe electroliers for a total of 613 street lamps. Most Llewellyn street lights were eventually replaced. Notably,
221-458: The nation,". In practical terms the BAF collected and circulated information on individuals it claimed held radical political ideas, opposed legislation supporting and protecting the right of labor to organize, and opposed all related activities it viewed as ‘‘inimical to the welfare of the nation." The organization's headquarters were in Los Angeles, though local chapters were dispersed across California at
238-593: The organization's peak in the early 1920s. The Better America Federation evolved from an earlier organization, also led by Haldeman, called the Commercial Federation of California which formed in 1914 as an alliance of open-shop businessmen determined to oppose California's increasingly progressive political character. Its founding president, Harry M. Haldeman, was the president of the Pacific Pipe and Supplies Company. The vice president for Los Angeles County
255-564: The public about the dangers of domestic communism. Furthermore, it argued the United States Constitution should not be amended. The organization was opposed to labor unions and regulation of industry. Moreover, it promoted a six-day workweek and it rejected the minimum wage. In schools, it warned against " bolshevik " authors like Edward Alsworth Ross , Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. and David Saville Muzzey used in textbooks. They also objected to Garfield Bromley Oxnam joining
272-502: Was Reese J. Llewellyn , the president of Llewellyn Iron Works . Donors included private individuals and corporations like Southern California Edison . The organization published pamphlets and organized other campaigns to introduce democratic literature into Californian public institutions and lobbied members of the California State Assembly . It promoted a conservative interpretation of American patriotism, while alarming
289-550: Was an engineer and fitter at an iron works. He emigrated to the United States, first settling in San Francisco, California. Llewellyn was the co-founder of Llewellyn Bros with his brothers in Los Angeles, California in 1889. Llewellyn served as its president, while his brother William was vice-president and his other brother David was secretary. The firm provided the ironwork inside the Bradbury Building in Los Angeles in
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