Largest Chain in the World, Lebanon Chain Works, Lebanon, Pa., ca. 1909

            Caption on this postcard: "Making largest chain in the World, 3 3/16 in. Lebanon Chain Works, Lebanon, Pa." Number at lower right: "401,811."

Printed on the verso: "Harpel, Publisher, Lebanon, Pa. Printed in Great Britain."

Addressed on the other side to Mr. Theodore Jones, 5143 Keyser St., Philadelphia, Pa., and postmarked in Lebanon, Pa., on February 17, 1909.

Handwritten message: "Dear Theo., Do hope you will have a jolly good time on your Birthday. Sister."

The American Marine Engineer, July 1906, p. 28, discussed the Lebanon Chain Works and Eli Attwood, its president and general manager:

"The company operates its own foundry in which chain studs are made for heavy ship cables as well as all descriptions of light and heavy castings. They have also added a forging department and machine shop. This chain works became prominent when they secured the contract for the ship cables for the steamships Minnesota and Dakota. These cables were manufactured at the Lebanon shops under the personal supervision of Mr. Attwood; they were made from 3 3-16 inch iron. When completed they measured 6000 feet in length; each link weighed 165 pounds; the completed cables weighing nearly half a million pounds. In testing these chains they withstood a strain of 549,500 pounds, without fracturing a link or starting a weld, but breaking the jaw and feed of the testing machine.… The Lebanon Chain Works have been awarded many contracts for ship cables by the government for our battleships and cruisers as well as contracts placed through the Department of Commerce and Labor for the Lighthouse Department."

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